"Frannie"

Historical marker location:

141 N Bluff St, Joliet, Illinois

( Marker is on North Bluff Street north of W Jefferson Street (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2000

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.