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.
Thomas Ford (born December 5, 1800 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; died November 3, 1850 in Peoria, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Carlin as the eighth Governor of Illinois, serving between December 8, 1842 and December 9, 1846, including the whole of 1843.
Thomas Ford (born December 5, 1800 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania; died November 3, 1850 in Peoria, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Carlin as the eighth Governor of Illinois, serving between December 8, 1842 and December 9, 1846, including the whole of 1845.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1847.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1848.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1849.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1850.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1851.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853, including the whole of 1852.
Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois from 1842 to 1846. Obviously, the promise was meaningless, since his militia allowed a mob to assassinate Joseph Smith on his watch.
William Findlay - governor - died in 1846.
Augustus C. French (born August 2, 1808 in Hill, New Hampshire; died September 4, 1864 in Lebanon, Illinois) succeeded Thomas Ford as the ninth governor of Illinois, serving between December 9, 1846 and January 10, 1853. Following the end of French's term as Governor, Joel Aldrich Matteson (born August 7, 1808 in Watertown, New York; died January 31, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois) became the tenth Governor of Illinois, serving between January 10, 1853 and January 12, 1857.