Abraham Lincoln · every age
What was Abraham Lincoln doing at 45?
Lost race after race, then became president at 51
- Oct 1854
The Peoria Speech: his public stand against slavery's spread
A response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. One of about 175 speeches on the subject over six years.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Others at 45
Portrait: Photo: Alexander Gardner (1863), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source
