ld,44). Returning from the war, he began an unsuccessful venture in shopkeeping that ended when his partner died. In 1833 he was appointed postmaster but had to supplement his income with surveying and various other jobs. It is also during this time that he began to study law. For the fact that Lincoln gradually paid off his and his deceased partner's debts he established admiration of the people in Sangamon, he was given the title "Honest Abe"(Arnold,38)
             After being defeated in the 1832 race for state legislature, Lincoln was elected on the Whig ticket two years later and served in the lower house from 1834 to 1841. He quickly emerged as a resilient leader of the party and helped fight for the moving of the capital to Springfield, where he settled in 1837. After his admission to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1836, he entered into successive partnerships with John T. Stuart, Stephen T. Logan, and William Herndon, and soon won recognition as an effective and resourceful attorney(Abraham Lincoln Online.org).
             In 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, the daughter of a prominent Kentucky banker. The Lincolns had four children, only one of whom reached adulthood(Brooks,90). While serving as an elected representative in the Illinois legislature, Lincoln persuaded his fellow Whigs to support Zachary Taylor, a slave owner, in his successful bid for the Presidency. Lincoln and Taylor were both strong supporters of the Illinois law that forbid marriage between whites and blacks. As Lincoln states:
             "I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races -- that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races from living toge...