The full term of a US Senator is 6 years.
Lincoln never held a seat in the US Senate, but he ran for it in 1858 against Douglas.
Lincoln-Douglass Debate
The US senate is elected for 6 years
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Alfred H. Colquitt
resident Government
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There were 35 US Senate seats voted upon in the November 2008 elections including 33 normally scheduled seats, 1 seat open by retirement, and 1 seat open due to the death of the seat's previous occupant.
yeah hes senator of Iowa
yes- this is not an unusual occurrence.
no he did not won the senate seat
Abraham Lincoln ran for the US senate seat of Illinois in 1856. He based his election run on his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. of 1854. He lost to Lyman Trumbull.