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In 1837, while serving in the Illinois state legislature, Lincoln completed his legal training and joined the office of John Todd Stuart in the new Illinois capital at Springfield. Prior to his presidency, Lincoln honed his political skills and aspirations through the practice of law. Yet, given the importance of the events that marked his 1861-65 term of office, the nation’s admiration for him as a man of courage and principle, and the abundance of photographic images that recorded his presidency, it is hard for most people to think of him as anything else.īut there were other facets to the career of this man who led the nation through the Civil War years. Abraham Lincoln spent only four of his 56 years as president of the United States.