Tip: How to measure tenacity

Individual Initiative

Failed in business.................................. 1831
Lost election for state legislature................. 1832
Failed again in business............................ 1834

Sweetheart died..................................... 1835
Nervous breakdown................................... 1836
Lost second political race.......................... 1838

Defeated for Congress............................... 1843
Defeated for Congress................................1846
Defeated for Congress............................... 1848

Defeated for US Senate.............................. 1855
Defeated for Vice President......................... 1856
Defeated for US Senate...............................1858

Elected President....................................1860

Who is this person?

Abraham Lincoln