Would you have given up?

By: Author Unknown

In 1832, he was a 22-year old business failure.

That same year he ran for the legislature and was defeated.

In 1833, he was a business failure once again.

In 1836, he was said to have suffered a nervous breakdown.

In 1838, he lost in an effort to become Speaker of the House in the State Legislature.

Five years later, he ran for Congress - again it was in vain.

In 1846, he ran for Congress and won - only to lose his re-election bid in 1848.

He ran for the Senate in 1854, and lost.

He ran for the Vice-presidential nomination in 1856, and lost that too.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States.