| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1818 December 25 | Born, Greensburg, Ky. |
| 1820 | Moved to Illinois |
| 1821 | Moved to Sangamon County, Ill. |
| 1825 | Moved to Springfield, Ill. |
| 1836-1837 | Student, preparatory department, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill. |
| 1840 | Married Mary Maxcy (died 1861) |
| 1844 | Admitted to bar and formed law partnership with Abraham Lincoln |
| 1854 | Elected mayor of Springfield, Ill. |
| 1862 | Married Anna Miles |
| 1889 | Coauthored with Jesse W. Weik Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) |
| 1891 March 18 | Died, Springfield, Ill. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1857 August 23 | Born, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1875 | A.B., Indiana Asbury (now DePauw) University, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1883 | A.M., Indiana Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind. |
| 1880 | Admitted to bar but never practiced |
| 1889 | Coauthored with William H. Herndon Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) |
| 1892 | Published Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (New York: D. Appleton. 2 vols.), a revised edition of Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (Chicago: Belford, Clarke. 3 vols.) |
| 1930 August 18 | Died |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1809 February 12 | Born, Hardin County, Ky. |
| 1816 | Moved to Indiana |
| 1830 | Moved to Macon County, Ill. |
| 1831 | Moved to New Salem, Ill.; employed as storekeeper |
| 1832 | Served in Black Hawk War; became partner in Lincoln & Berry, a general store |
| 1833-1836 | Postmaster, New Salem, Ill. |
| 1834-1836 | Deputy county surveyor, Sangamon County, Ill. |
| 1834-1841 | Member, Illinois state legislature (Whig) |
| 1836 | Licensed as attorney |
| 1837 | Moved to Springfield and practiced law in partnership with John T. Stuart and later Stephen T. Logan |
| 1842 | Married Mary Todd |
| 1844 | Formed law partnership with William H. Herndon |
| 1847-1849 | Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Whig) from Illinois, Thirtieth Congress |
| 1849 | Resumed law practice |
| 1856 | Joined Republican party |
| 1858 | Unsuccessful Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in opposition to Stephen A. Douglas |
| 1860 | Elected president |
| 1864 | Reelected president |
| 1865 April 14 | Shot by John Wilkes Booth |
| 1865 April 15 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
