Age 22, failed in business Age 23, ran for legislature and was defeated. Age 24, failed again in business. Age 25, elected to legislature. Age 26, sweetheart died. Age 27, had a nervous breakdown. Age 29, lost in the election for speaker. Age 31, lost in the election for elector. Age 34 lost in the election to the Congress. Age 37, elected to Congress. Age 39, lost in the election to the Congress. Age 46, lost in the election to the Senate. Age 47, lost in the election for vice president. Age 49, lost in the election to the senate. Age 51, elected President of the United States of America.
The rest you know. Chalk it up to a "sneaky feeling" I get from the calm, methodical, diplomatic way she conducts herself. She da man.
And, this is the 21st century, not the 19th. Lincoln would not get his shot today either.