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Abraham Lincoln 1846 - March 10, a son, Edward Baker Lincoln is born. May 1, nominated to be the Whig candidate for U.S. Congress. August 3, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. First known photograph of Lincoln, about 1846 1860 - March 6, delivers an impassioned political speech on slavery in New Haven, Nominee for president - 1860 May 18, 1860 - Nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States. Opposes Northern Democrat Stephen A. Douglas and Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge. In June, writes a longer autobiography. The first by Mathew Brady - Fe