From my understanding, Abe Lincoln DID have a beard when he was elected president. Some historians say that Lincoln was persuaded to grow a beard, stating that it would give him a competitive campaign edge. Lincoln was told that it would be good for his image. Apparently it worked. He was elected.
Before being elected to the office of President, Abraham Lincoln served in both the state and national House of Representatives. Prior to his career in politics, Lincoln had success in banking and commerce.
He was a US Senator from Illinois when he was elected President. Before that he was in the state legislature , taught law and worked as a community organizer.
Lincoln was a lawyer and a highly-paid one before he became president. Before he passed the bar exam he worked as a store-keeper and various odd-jobs.
Lincoln was working as a lawyer in private practice before he began his political career. Before he passed the bar, he worked as a clerk, postmaster of Salem, ILL and farm laborer.
Lincoln was a lawyer prior to his presidency.
One of most famous lawyer in the United States, and also known about world wide is the President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln had a law practice with another attorney before he entered into presidential politics. Many people from other countries know the name of Lincoln because he was the US President during the US Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln worked on a ferryboat as a young man. He also worked as a lawyer, and was very successful.
Yes. He worked in Chicago for the community, He was a senator in Illinois, and he was able to get elected.
He was a Senator for Illinois.
he worked as a lawyer and minister before he was president
Ronald Reagan was a leading man in movies and worked in TV for many years before he was president.