DustinMathews.com – Trivia
15. Aug, 2007 
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Who was this?
1832 – Lost job/Defeated for state legislature
1833 – Failed in business
1834 – Elected to Illinois state legislature
1835 – Sweetheart died
1836 – Had nervous breakdown
1838 – Defeated for Speaker
1843 – Defeated for nomination for Congress
1846 – Elected to Congress
1848 – Was not renominated
1849 – Rejected for land officer
1854 – Defeated for U.S. Senate
1856 – Defeated for nomination for Vice-President
1858 – Again defeated for U.S. Senate
1860 – Elected President
Answer: Abe Lincoln
Persistence pays off!
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