ded military service as a captain during the Black Hawk War, he spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. One of his law partners said that "his ambition was a little engine that knew no rest."
             Juarez's ambition was rival to that of Lincoln's. Before Juarez even gained his law degree he served as city councilman in Oaxaca and became a noted defender of Indian rights (1831-33) In 1841 Juarez gained a position as a civil judge and was married two years later to Margarita Maza: the daughter of his patron. He spent some time as a federal deputy and during th
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