Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I roto i tenei whare i mahi a Lincoln i tana wa whakamutunga hei kaipupuri ture a te kawanatanga i te 1840-41. Hei roia, i tohe ia i nga keehi i mua o te kooti teitei o te kawanatanga i tenei whare (1841<unk>60). I roto i te ruma o te Whare o Illinois, i hanga e Lincoln tana
I wehewehea te whare i te marama o Hune 1858, e whakaatu ana i tana kaitono mo te US Senate. I taua ruma ano, i te Haratua 1865, i whakahokia mai ai tona tinana ki te takoto i te kawanatanga, i tae mai i Washington, DC, i mua i te tanumanga whakamutunga i te Whare tanu o Oak Ridge o Springfield.