Beginning of Politics

In 1834, Lincoln was elected to the state legislature, and  he served four successive terms, until 1841, and achieved greatness as a Whig. In 1836 he obtained his license as an attorney, and the next year he moved to Springfield, where he became a law partner of John T. Stuart. Lincoln began practicing more. His first partnership was succeeded by others, with Stephen T. Logan and then with William H.Herndon who was later to be Lincoln's biographer. Lincoln showed to be pretty talented in law, a ready grasp of argument, and sincerity, and clarity of speech.

In 1842 he married Mary Todd  after a troubled courtship. He continued his interest in politics and became part of the nagtional level by serving one term in Congress.  Lincoln lost popularity at home because he voted to have war supplies and that was "unpatriotic" Lincoln worked hard for the election of the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, in 1848, but when he lost the election —Commissioner of the General Land Office—he decided to retire from politics and return to the practice of law.