HOW TO MEASURE TENACITY 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