[DOC] [TLE] February 13 - 19, 1847: Lincoln on the Presidential ... - Schiller Institute [PAR] ... Abraham Lincoln took his seat in the House of Representatives on Dec. 6, 
1847, as a new Congressman from Illinois, the Mexican War was almost ... 
admitted to the Union, leaving all questions of boundary to future adjustment. The 
next year, President James K. Polk sent John Slidell to Mexico to offer U.S. 
government... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln Chronology - Lincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. ... [PAR] December 13 - Mary Ann Todd, future wife of Abraham Lincoln, was born. ... 
August 4 - Abraham Lincoln was elected to the Illinois General Assembly for the 
first ... The Lincolns added a bedroom and a pantry to the back of the home. 1847 
... December 6 - Lincoln takes his seat in the United States House of 
Representatives. [DOC] [TLE] United States House of Representatives elections, 1846 - Wikipedia [PAR] Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 30th Congress 
were held at different dates in the various states, from August 2, 1846 (Missouri) 
to November 2, 1847 (Mississippi and Louisiana). The Whigs picked up 37 seats 
to win 116 seats, while the rival Democrats ... freshmen include future president 
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politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, ..... He took his seat 
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counties, as of the ... 3 List of representatives; 4 Living former Members of the 
U.S. House of ... The district was created as part of the 28th United States 
Congress, which ... Rostenkowski lost his seat because of the Congressional 
Post Office scandal. [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia [PAR] Abraham Lincoln was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th 
President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination ... Elected 
to the United States House of Representatives in 1846, Lincoln .... His children, 
including six-year-old Thomas, the future president's father, witnessed the attack. [DOC] [TLE] Davis, Jefferson (18081889) - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Apr 22, 2009 ... Davis was one of ten children; his father owned an inn and was a veteran of ... of 
his commanding officer, Virginia native and future U.S. president Zachary Taylor . 
... eventually winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1845 .... 
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rich, beginning on December 6, 1847, when he took his seat in the Thirtieth 
Congress. ... House Members drew their seats by lot, and on December 8, 1847, 
Lincoln ... U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1847-49; Lawyer, 1849-60; U.S. 
President,... [DOC] [TLE] lincoln home - National Park Service History [PAR] Trumball, a future U.S. senator from Illinois; and Lincoln. ... 1846 he won election 
to the U.S. House of Representatives ... on December 6. 1847. In October the 
Lincolns rented their house for $90 a year to Cornelius ... Lincoln took to the 
dusty roads of the Eighth Circuit ... Lincoln for the seat. In his ..... las for his Senate 
seat. [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln's Pre-Presidential Political Timeline by Sarah Sanders on ... [PAR] Nov 4, 2015 ... But in 1846, Lincoln was elected to the United States Congress as a Whig and 
served one term, from December 1847 to March 1849. ... a very limited formal 
education, Abraham Lincoln ran for his first Illinois political office

Question: On December 6, 1847 this future president took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois
Answer: Abraham Lincoln