1834
Lincoln was elected in 1834
Illinois (District 7)
Lincoln was elected to the US House of Representatives on March 4, 1847, and served for two years. He had previously held office in the Illinois House from 1834-1842.
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846.
Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois. He served one term in the House of Representatives from 1847 -1849.
Lincoln was elected to the US House of Representatives as a congressman from Illinois in 1846. He served in that capacity the years of 1847 - 1849.
Shirley Chisholm was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
the House of Representatives has 435 elected members
No but in 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term. He was the only Whig in the Illinois delegation.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are directly elected by the population.
they are elected by the people.
That would be the Speaker of the House, elected by Representatives.