Event
|
Year
|
He had to work to
support his family after they were forced out of their home.
|
1816
|
His mother died.
|
1818
|
Failed in business.
|
1831
|
Was defeated for
legislature.
|
1832
|
Lost his job and
couldn't get into law school.
|
1832
|
Declared bankruptcy &
spent the next 17 years of his life paying off the money he borrowed from
friends to start his business.
|
1833
|
Was defeated for
legislature again.
|
1834
|
Was engaged to be
married, but his sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
|
1835
|
Had a nervous
breakdown and spent the next six months in bed.
|
1836
|
Was defeated in
becoming the speaker of the state legislature.
|
1838
|
Was defeated in
becoming elector.
|
1840
|
Was defeated for
Congress
|
1843
|
Was Defeated For
Congress.
|
1846
|
Was defeated for
Congress again.
|
1848
|
Was rejected for the
job of land officer in his home state.
|
1849
|
Was defeated for
Senate.
|
1854
|
Was defeated for
Vice-President -- got less than 100 votes.
|
1856
|
Was defeated for
Senate for the third time.
|
1858
|
Was elected president
of the United States.
|
1860
|