These Politicians Have Battled Through Chronic Health Issues - Page 10 of 32

Abraham Lincoln

The 16^th President of the United States was described by friends as “the most depressed person they’d ever seen.” Though cheerful in his youth, a series of personal tragedies had a depressive effect on him. And yet, Lincoln became one of the greatest Presidents in U.S. history. He revitalized the American government and economy, successfully preserved the Union through a Civil War and forever ended slavery in the United States.