1) The Lincoln-Douglas Debate started August 21,1858. He was 49 then. 2) Lincoln was elected president at the age of 51. So technically he decided to run for president at the age of 49.
Andrew Johnson was never elected President. He was elected Vice-President under Abraham Lincoln, and ascended to the presidency due to Lincoln's assassination in April 1865. He was 56 years old when he became US President.
Lincoln was in his house in springfield Illinois when he found out that he was elected president.
51 years
1860 was the year that Lincoln was elected president for the first time. He was elected again in 1864.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
in 1890.
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
Abraham Lincoln
He was elected as the 16th president of the United States.
yes
He was elected President in the election of 1860