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Page 12
... Lincoln chal- lenged it . Indeed , Lincoln became the Whig candidate before the Illinois legislative session of 1855 for the seat in the United States Senate held since 1849 by General James Shields , a col- orful but not always ...
... Lincoln chal- lenged it . Indeed , Lincoln became the Whig candidate before the Illinois legislative session of 1855 for the seat in the United States Senate held since 1849 by General James Shields , a col- orful but not always ...
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... Lincoln spoke in Ohio with logic and restraint and received conspicuous attention in the eastern press . Seward ... Lincoln's moderate but forceful speech on February 27 at Cooper Union in New York City , for which he had prepared with ...
... Lincoln spoke in Ohio with logic and restraint and received conspicuous attention in the eastern press . Seward ... Lincoln's moderate but forceful speech on February 27 at Cooper Union in New York City , for which he had prepared with ...
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... Lincoln's assassination in the spring of 1865 brought to the presidency a man at heart a War Democrat , loyal to the union . Andrew Johnson had been nominated for vice - president with Lincoln , by the Union Party , precisely because as ...
... Lincoln's assassination in the spring of 1865 brought to the presidency a man at heart a War Democrat , loyal to the union . Andrew Johnson had been nominated for vice - president with Lincoln , by the Union Party , precisely because as ...
Contents
PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party 73 | 7 |
1856 | 17 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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