Abraham Lincoln · every age

What was Abraham Lincoln doing at 40?

Lost race after race, then became president at 51

1. c. 1849

   Patented a device for floating riverboats over shoals

   Never commercialised, but it makes him the only president to hold a patent.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Feb 1, 1850

   Son Eddie died, aged three

   Probably of tuberculosis.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

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