Did Lincoln Regret Marrying Mary?

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Mary hurt Lincoln's career than in the short-term because by marrying her, he lost an almost certain Whig nomination to Congress in 1844, because he was now the "candidate of wealth, pride, and aristorcratic institution."
Mike, are you speaking of Lincoln's failure to get re-elected to Congress? In 1846, Lincoln was initially elected to Congress, and was the only Whig, in the Illinois delegation, when he was elected. During his initial and only term to Congress, Lincoln was VERY vocal on his position
on "Spot Resolutions". So vocal in fact, that it earned him the nick-name, "Spotty Lincoln". The power struggles of various issues between the Whigs & Democrats, were ongoing, and peaked at this time, and Lincoln's vocal demand of President Polk's declaration of a valid reason to war with Mexico. Polk supported the Annexing of Texas, claiming that spreading slavery was the underlying reason for his support, yet, when stating the reasons the US should be at war with Mexico, President Polk claimed that Mexico had "invaded" American territory (the actual facts were, General Taylor was in an territory, with US troops under President Polk's orders, which was territory claimed by BOTH the US & Mexico, and 11 Americans were killed. Hardly an "invasion" by Mexico.) Lincoln called President Polk "on the carpet", and joined the position of "Spot resolutions" not because Lincoln agreed or disagreed with the war between the US & Mexico, but because Lincoln, in reality saw that President Polk was dubious in his speech and positions, and reasons for his decisions. Lincoln was vocal about making President Polk accountable for his words, and because of the war, this wasn't a popular position to take, As a result, when Lincoln ran as a Whig for re-election to Congress, he lost. (he later regretted many of the statements he made about President Polk.) Lincoln losing the re-election to Congress, as a Whig, had NOTHING to do with his marriage to Mary Todd.[/u][/i]