Two hundred years ago, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. As he grew to young adulthood, his impoverished family often picked up and moved—farming all the way from Kentucky to Indiana to Illinois. Once on his own, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 1837, arriving on a borrowed horse and with only two saddlebags of worldly possessions. In the ensuing years, Mr. Lincoln, without benefit of any significant formal education, became a respected attorney and state political leader. In 1849, shortly after the end of his one term as a Whig Congressman from Illinois, Mr. Lincoln was offered a political […]