NMAH/SI Upon hearing the name Abraham ... Lincoln "was keenly interested in water transportation and canal building, and enthusiastically promoted both when he served in the Illinois legislature." ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... Lincoln lost his first election -- for a seat in the Illinois State Legislature. But in 1834, he was elected to the legislature for the ...

In January 1838, when Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Illinois state legislature and two weeks shy of his 29th birthday, ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... he was elected to the lower house of the Illinois State Legislature in 1834. He moved to Springfield in 1837 ...

Abraham Lincoln (February ... and Tad. In 1834, Lincoln won the first of four consecutive elections to the Illinois State Legislature. He then served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives ...