Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... vote of 22 to 17 , and the House by a vote of 45 to 43. By this move the Democrats saved the canal zone vote for their party , appointed Democrats as clerks in half the counties of the state as provided in the bill . Stephen A. Douglas ...
... vote of 22 to 17 , and the House by a vote of 45 to 43. By this move the Democrats saved the canal zone vote for their party , appointed Democrats as clerks in half the counties of the state as provided in the bill . Stephen A. Douglas ...
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... vote for him . And Lincoln in letters and in more than 50 speeches hammered it home that a Whig vote for Fillmore was a vote against the Re- publicans and a vote for Buchanan , the Democrat . He mentioned Frémont often but never with ...
... vote for him . And Lincoln in letters and in more than 50 speeches hammered it home that a Whig vote for Fillmore was a vote against the Re- publicans and a vote for Buchanan , the Democrat . He mentioned Frémont often but never with ...
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... Vote yes and be protected , vote no and be shot . Those in favor of it could vote for it , those against it couldn't vote at all . He had asked men who framed the Lecompton constitution about it . " They say that if they allowed a negative ...
... Vote yes and be protected , vote no and be shot . Those in favor of it could vote for it , those against it couldn't vote at all . He had asked men who framed the Lecompton constitution about it . " They say that if they allowed a negative ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
Copyright | |
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