Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... received a gratifying evidence of his personal popularity where he was best known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- / resentative in the State Legislature , although a ...
... received a gratifying evidence of his personal popularity where he was best known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- / resentative in the State Legislature , although a ...
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... received the vote of his party for the speakership . First elected at twenty - five , he had been continued so long as his inclination allowed , and until by his kind manners , his ability , and un- questioned integrity , he had won a ...
... received the vote of his party for the speakership . First elected at twenty - five , he had been continued so long as his inclination allowed , and until by his kind manners , his ability , and un- questioned integrity , he had won a ...
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... chanan's administration relative to the so - called Lecompton Constitution of Kansas , and had received the indorsement of Nominated for Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation. IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 21.
... chanan's administration relative to the so - called Lecompton Constitution of Kansas , and had received the indorsement of Nominated for Senator . Opening Speech . The Slavery Agitation. IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 21.
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... received 126,084 votes ; the Douglas Democrats , 121,940 ; and the Lecompton Democrats , 5,091 . Mr. Douglas was , however , re - elected to the Senate by the Legis- lature , in which , owing to the peculiar apportionment of the ...
... received 126,084 votes ; the Douglas Democrats , 121,940 ; and the Lecompton Democrats , 5,091 . Mr. Douglas was , however , re - elected to the Senate by the Legis- lature , in which , owing to the peculiar apportionment of the ...
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... received him with the most enthusiastic demonstrations . We subjoin a full report of this masterly analysis of men and measures . After being introduced in highly complimentary terms by the venerable William Cullen Bryant , who presided ...
... received him with the most enthusiastic demonstrations . We subjoin a full report of this masterly analysis of men and measures . After being introduced in highly complimentary terms by the venerable William Cullen Bryant , who presided ...
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