"Bluff Street"

Historical marker location:

30 N Bluff St, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is on North Bluff Street south of West Jefferson Street (Route 30).)

Marker installed: 1936

Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history, spent much of his early political career in Illinois. He served in the Illinois state legislature and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1846.