1February, 809 12 was born in a log cabin 3 miles south of Hall in Harding County, Kentucky.
18 16 (7 years old), his family was driven out of the place where he lived, and he had to find a job to support his family.
18 18 (9 years old), mother died.
183 1 year (22 years old), he failed in business.
1832(23 years old) ran for the state legislature and lost.
1832 (23 years old), he made great efforts to get into law school, even lost his job, but he still couldn't get in.
1833 (24 years old), he borrowed some money from his friends to do business, but went bankrupt at the end of the year. Then it took him 17 years to pay off the debt.
1834 (25 years old), ran for the state legislature again and won.
1835 (26 years old), when she was about to get married after her engagement, Yiren died unfortunately, so she was heartbroken.
1836 (27 years old), mentally near collapse, was ill in bed for 6 months.
1838 (29 years old), his attempt to become the speaker of the state legislature failed.
1840 (3 1 year) failed to become an elector.
1843 (34 years old), participated in the National Assembly election and lost.
1846 (37 years old), participated in the national assembly election and was elected. He used to live in Washington, D.C., and his performance was excellent.
1848 (39 years old), failed to be re-elected as a member of parliament.
1849 (40 years old), he actively applied for the post of land director in his state and was rejected.
1854 (45 years old), ran for the United States Senate and lost.
1856 (47 years old) was nominated by the vice president, with less than 100 votes.
1858 (49 years old) ran for the United States Senate again and failed again.
1860 (5 1 year), was elected president of the United States.