Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Yaiva muchivako ichi umo Lincoln akashumira nguva yake yokupedzisira somutongi wehurumende muna 1840-41. Semagweta, akatsigira nyaya pamberi pedare repamusoro-soro rehurumende muchivako ichi (1841<unk>60). MuIllinois House chamber, Lincoln akaita hurukuro yake House Divided
muna June 1858, achizivisa kukwikwidza kwake nokuda kweSeneti yeU.S. Yakanga iri mukamuri rimwe chetero, muna May 1865, kuti mutumbi wake wakadzorerwa kuti ugare muhurumende, uchisvika uchibva kuWashington, D.C., pamberi pekuvigwa kwekupedzisira muOak Ridge Cemetery yeSpringfield.