Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Sangamon County” in chapter 5 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...petition and stimulated rivalry.
Not only himself, but both Hardin and Baker desired the nomination, which, as the district then stood, was equivalent to an election.
When the leading Whigs of Sangamon County met, Lincoln was under the impression that it was Baker and not.Hardin who was his most dangerous rival, as appears in a letter to Speed of March 24, 1843
We had a meeting of the Whigs of the c...
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| † | Sangamon County (Illinois, United States) | 70 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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