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Lincoln and the Chicken Bone Case: August '98 American History FeatureAmerican History | Single Page | 0 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post Although Lincoln lost that election, the campaign was an important step on his road to the White House. Once elected president, he used his language skills to craft carefully worded public statements that rank among America's greatest expressions of political philosophy. And to a great extent, he used the talents that he had honed as an Illinois circuit lawyer to maintain popular support in the North for the war effort and to develop a political constituency that sustained the army in the field. Charles M. Hubbard is the Dean of Lincolniana and Associate Professor of History at Lincoln Memorial University. Subscribe Today
*Four years after John T. Stuart, who had encouraged Lincoln's legal studies, took him in as a partner in 1837, Lincoln joined the firm of Stephen T. Logan, again as a junior partner. In 1844, Lincoln teamed up with William H. Herndon, this time as a senior partner. [ Top ] [ Cover] Pages: 1 2 3 4 5Help HistoryNet by bookmarking to
           
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