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... expected to be President , but because he expected some day to be United States Senator from Illinois.1 He nourished the presidential gossip because he knew that to be talked of for the Pres- idency would make the coveted Senatorship ...
... expected to be President , but because he expected some day to be United States Senator from Illinois.1 He nourished the presidential gossip because he knew that to be talked of for the Pres- idency would make the coveted Senatorship ...
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... expected for him in 1860 was to elect him Governor of the state , and through that he would even- tually reach the United States Senate , making his record for the Presidency , if ever , some ten to fourteen years ahead - either for 1 ...
... expected for him in 1860 was to elect him Governor of the state , and through that he would even- tually reach the United States Senate , making his record for the Presidency , if ever , some ten to fourteen years ahead - either for 1 ...
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... expected to happen in the next few seconds . Two rapid calculators were David Cartter and Joseph Medill Medill sitting there in the Ohio delegation to assist the few original Ohio Lincolnites . Medill knew that another ballot would ...
... expected to happen in the next few seconds . Two rapid calculators were David Cartter and Joseph Medill Medill sitting there in the Ohio delegation to assist the few original Ohio Lincolnites . Medill knew that another ballot would ...
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