Monday, October 31, 2011

Who is this Great Man ?

Identify the Statue of this Great man?.

3 comments:

  1. Here are the clues----
    1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support
    them.
    1818 His mother died.
    1831 Failed in business.
    1832 Ran for state legislature - lost.
    1832 Also lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn't get in.
    1833 Borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the
    end of the year he was bankrupt. He spent the next 17 years of his
    life paying off this debt.
    1834 Ran for state legislature again - won.
    1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was
    broken.
    1836 Had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six months.
    1838 Sought to become speaker of the state legislature - defeated.
    1840 Sought to become elector - defeated.
    1843 Ran for Congress - lost.
    1846 Ran for Congress again - this time he won - went to Washington and
    did a good job.
    1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost.
    1849 Sought the job of land officer in his home state - rejected.
    1854 Ran for Senate of the United States - lost.
    1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national
    convention - got less than 100 votes.
    1858 Ran for U.S. Senate again - again he lost.
    1860 Elected president of the United States.
    The 16th President of the United States, was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth. He was attending a production of the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater at the time.

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