Abraham Lincoln ran for a seat to the Illinois General Assembly or State Legislature in 1832, and was unsuccessful. He ran again in 1834, and won. He then ran and served in the Illinois State Legislature for another 4 consecutive terms, or 8 years. In 1842, he did not seek reelection to the Illinois State Legislature.
When Abraham Lincoln served in the US House of Representatives for the US State of Illinois, he was a member of the Whig Party. Later this party dissolved, and Lincoln joined the new Republican Party. He ran as a Republican in the 1858 Illinois Senate race and in 1860 in his quest for the US Presidency.
He ran for office for the Illinois Legislature or General Assembly in 1832, and lost, and ran again in 1834, and won. He then served 4 consecutive terms (2 years, each) in the Illinois General Assembly. He then ran for a seat from Illinois for the House of Representatives, in 1846. He served in the House of Representatives for one term, 2 years, 1847-1849, and was not successful when he ran for reelection in 1849.
Whig - allegedly because he was an admirer of Henry Clay's speeches.
Republicans- APLUS :))
Abraham Lincoln was elected into the Illinois house of representatives in 1834
Abraham Lincoln was never Governor of Illinois.
He ran and lost in 1832, and then ran again, and won in 1834.
8 years
1834, Abraham Lincoln was elected to the State Legislature in Illinois. He was re-elected to the Illinois State Legislature for 4 terms, or 8 years.
He was State Assemblyman in the Illinois State Legislature, and then elected to US Congress from Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to the state legislature in 1834.
Illinois
State legislature
Lincoln was not elected to the Senate after the Lincoln-Douglas debate . US Senators were still elected by state legislatures, and in 1859, the Illinois legislature selected Douglas for the U.S. Senate over Lincoln by a vote of 54 to 46.
Yes, and no. In 1854, he was elected to the Illinois legislature but declined the seat, hoping instead to become a U.S. Senator (The State Legislature used to Federal Senators). In 1855, he was not nominated by the Illinois legislature to be U.S. Senator, from Illinois. In 1858, he was nominated to be the Republican Senator from Illinois, opposing Democrat Stephen Douglas. In 1859, the Illinois legislature chooses Douglas for the U.S. Senate over Lincoln by a vote of 54 to 46.
LIncoln served three terms in the Illinois legislature in the years 1832-1842.
Abraham Lincoln spent 4 terms, or 8 years in the Illinois State Assembly/Legislature.
The state assembly of Illinois.
Lincoln's state of residence was Illinois. He was elected to Congress as a representative of Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois General Assembly. He is buried in Springfield, Illinois, his hometown.
He was elected into the Illinois state legislature, became a Congressman, retired to practice law, resumed politics and ran for president.