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... delegates exploded in applause . A member from Peoria moved to change the motto to " Illinois is for Abraham Lincoln , " and the convention went wild . Unanimously the delegates voted that Abraham Lincoln was " the first and only choice ...
... delegates exploded in applause . A member from Peoria moved to change the motto to " Illinois is for Abraham Lincoln , " and the convention went wild . Unanimously the delegates voted that Abraham Lincoln was " the first and only choice ...
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... delegates who represented the individual congressional districts , but they suspected that about eight of them were Seward supporters . To prevent them from defecting , Lincoln's advisers agreed to ram through the convention the next ...
... delegates who represented the individual congressional districts , but they suspected that about eight of them were Seward supporters . To prevent them from defecting , Lincoln's advisers agreed to ram through the convention the next ...
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... delegates . From his rooms at the Tremont Hotel , David Davis took charge of the operation . His primary objective was to secure at least one hundred votes for Lincoln on the first ballot more than any other candidate except Seward with ...
... delegates . From his rooms at the Tremont Hotel , David Davis took charge of the operation . His primary objective was to secure at least one hundred votes for Lincoln on the first ballot more than any other candidate except Seward with ...
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