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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... vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- resentative in the State Legislature , although ... votes . While pursuing his law studies , he engaged in land survey- ing as a means of support . In 1834 , not yet ...
... vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- resentative in the State Legislature , although ... votes . While pursuing his law studies , he engaged in land survey- ing as a means of support . In 1834 , not yet ...
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... 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 position ...
... 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 position ...
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... voting supplies and favor- ing suitable rewards for our gallant soldiers , to be forced unqualified indorsement of the war with that country into an from its beginning to its close . Resolutions of Inquiry . Slavery in the District of ...
... voting supplies and favor- ing suitable rewards for our gallant soldiers , to be forced unqualified indorsement of the war with that country into an from its beginning to its close . Resolutions of Inquiry . Slavery in the District of ...
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... voted with the minority in favor of laying that resolution upon the table . In all questions bearing upon the matter of internal improvements , he took an active interest . He took manly ground in favor of the unrestricted right of ...
... voted with the minority in favor of laying that resolution upon the table . In all questions bearing upon the matter of internal improvements , he took an active interest . He took manly ground in favor of the unrestricted right of ...
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... vote of the anti - Nebraska Democrats ; and the latter was consequently elected . Mr. Lincoln was subsequently offered the nomina- tion for Governor of Illinois , but declined the honor in favor of Col. William H. Bissell , who was ...
... vote of the anti - Nebraska Democrats ; and the latter was consequently elected . Mr. Lincoln was subsequently offered the nomina- tion for Governor of Illinois , but declined the honor in favor of Col. William H. Bissell , who was ...
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