Abraham Lincoln · every age
What was Abraham Lincoln doing at 28?
Lost race after race, then became president at 51
- Aug 16, 1837
Wrote to Mary Owens releasing her from their engagement
He said he would not blame her for ending it. She declined to marry him.
Source: en.wikipedia.org - Jan 27, 1838
Lyceum address in Springfield at 28
On the rule of law, after a mob murdered the anti-slavery editor Elijah Lovejoy.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 28
Portrait: Photo: Alexander Gardner (1863), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
