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Abraham Lincoln was from Illinois. He served one term in the House of Representatives from 1847 -1849.

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Q: Which state was Abraham Lincoln living in when he was elected president?
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Where did Abraham Lincoln live when he was elected president?

He was living in Springfield, Illinois when he was elected in 1860.


Where was the city and state that president ahbraham Lincoln was from?

Abraham Lincoln was living in Springfield, Illinois, when he was elected President, for his first term.


What state did Abraham Lincoln live in at time of the election?

When he was elected President, he was living in Illinois.


What was the location of Abraham Lincoln's House?

Lincoln was living in Springfield, Illinois before he was elected to be the next US President. In Washington DC, Lincoln lived at the White House.


What state did Abraham Lincoln live in when he was elected president?

Lincoln won California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.


In what state was Abraham Lincoln born and where was he living when he was elected President?

He was born in Kentucky. He lived in Illinois, when he was elected President. Abraham Lincoln, moved to Cole County, Illinois in 1831, when he was 22, and remained in Illinois, until he was inaugurated President of the United States, in March, 1861, and he moved to Washington DC. All of his previous experience as a politician, occurred in the state of Illinois, or while he was living in Illinois.


Where did Abraham Lincoln live when he was elected president 1860?

He was killed while still in office, so didn't live anywhere after the whitehouse.


Who are Abraham Lincolns living cousins?

There are no living cousins of former President Abraham Lincoln. There are also no direct descendents of Lincoln whose family line ended in 1985 when Lincolns great grandson Robert Lincoln Beckwith died.


What was Abraham Lincoln's mental disorder?

Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression from time to time. There was a period before he ran for President when he had trouble living a normal life.


What US Presidents were elected from Illinois?

Lincoln was living in Illinois when he was elected. Grant was living in Illinois when he got a commission in the Union army and had a house in Galena. He was a hero in the war and did not spend much time in Illinois between the time the war was over and his nomination as President, but one might say that he was elected from Illinois. Of course, our current President was a Illinois resident when he was elected President. Ronald Reagan, who was born in Illinois, left Illinois when he was young man, is the only other President with Illinois ties.


Why do they call the state of Illinois the land of Lincoln?

Abraham Lincoln lived there. He was born in Kentucky and spent much of his boyhood in Indiana, but when he was in his early 20s the family moved to Illinois, and that was where he first became prominent as a lawyer ,entered politics and became nationally known. He was living in Illinois when he was elected President and is buried there.


What is a cool thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

what Abrahamdid for a cool living is he went to become president and on the television !! worldwide