Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Dhismahan ayaa ahaa meeshii uu Lincoln ka soo shaqeeyey muddadii ugu dambeysay ee uu ahaa sharci dejiye gobol 1840-1841. Garyaqaan ahaan, wuxuu dacwad ka hor mariyay maxkamadda sare ee gobolka ee dhismahan (1841<unk>60). Aqalka Guurtida Illinois, Lincoln waxa uu sameeyay
Golaha Aqalka oo kala qeybsamay khudbaddii bishii Juun 1858, isagoo ku dhawaaqay musharaxnimadiisa Senate-ka Mareykanka. Waxay ahayd isla qolkaas, bishii Maajo 1865, in meydkiisa dib loogu celiyay si uu u jiifsado, isagoo ka yimid Washington, DC, ka hor aaska ugu dambeeya ee qabuuraha Oak Ridge ee Springfield.