Abraham Lincoln · every age

What was Abraham Lincoln doing at 34?

Lost race after race, then became president at 51

1. c. 1843

   First son, Robert, born

   The only one of four boys to reach adulthood. Lincoln also lost a bid for the Whig congressional nomination.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Alexander Gardner (1863), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source