Before being elected president, Lincoln and his family lived in Springfield, Illinois. During his presidencies, they lived in the White House, Washington, D.C. After Lincoln was assassinated, his wife and surviving sons lived in Chicago. Mary Todd Lincoln spent several years living in Europe. Their son, Robert, the only Lincoln child to survive into adulthood, lived in Chicago, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and England as an ambassador.
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He was 22.
He and his family moved to Illinois in 1831 but Lincoln, left home and moved to Coles County, Illinois, while his parents moved to Macon County, Illinois.
Coles County, Illinois. The following year, at age 22, Abraham Lincoln moved from his family's home, on his own to New Salem, Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois when he was 21, in 1832, and remained in Illinois until he was inaugurated President, in 1861. Approximately 29 years.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, but then moved to Illinois
Lincoln won California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Historical evidence suggests he moved there somewhere around 1831
He was born in Kentucky. He lived in Illinois, when he was elected President. Abraham Lincoln, moved to Cole County, Illinois in 1831, when he was 22, and remained in Illinois, until he was inaugurated President of the United States, in March, 1861, and he moved to Washington DC. All of his previous experience as a politician, occurred in the state of Illinois, or while he was living in Illinois.