Here's how failure played out for Abe.
- 1831 - Fired from his job
- 1832 - Lost election for Illinois State Legislature
- 1833 - Business failed
- 1834 - Elected to Illinois State Legislature
- 1835 - True love died
- 1836 - Nervous breakdown
- 1838 - Lost run for Illinois House Speaker
- 1843 - Lost nomination for U.S. Congress
- 1846 - Elected to Congress
- 1848 - Lost re-nomination
- 1854 - Lost in run for U.S. Senate
- 1856 - Lost nomination for Vice President
- 1858 - Lost in run for U.S. Senate
- 1860 - Elected President (success)
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