Download or read book Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature written by Ron J. Keller and published by Southern Illinois University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this indispensable account of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest political years, Ron J. Keller reassesses Lincoln’s arguably lackluster legislative record during four terms in the Illinois House of Representatives to reveal how the underpinnings of his temperament, leadership skills, and political acumen were bolstered on the statehouse floor. Due partly to Lincoln’s own reserve and partly to an unimpressive legislative tally, Lincoln’s time in the state legislature has been largely neglected by historians more drawn to other early hallmarks of his life, including his law career, his personal life, and his single term as a U.S. congressman in the 1840s. Of about sixteen hundred bills, resolutions, and petitions passed from 1834 to 1842, Lincoln introduced only about thirty of them. The issue he most ardently championed and shepherded through the legislature—the internal improvements system—left the state in debt for more than a generation. Despite that spotty record, Keller argues, it was during these early years that Lincoln displayed and honed the traits that would allow him to excel in politics and ultimately define his legacy: honesty, equality, empathy, and leadership. Keller reanimates Lincoln’s time in the Illinois legislature to reveal the formation of Lincoln’s strong character and political philosophy in those early years, which allowed him to rise to prominence as the Whig party’s floor leader regardless of setbacks and to build a framework for his future. Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature details Lincoln’s early political platform and the grassroots campaigning that put him in office. Drawing on legislative records, newspaper accounts, speeches, letters, and other sources, Keller describes Lincoln’s positions on key bills, highlights his colleagues’ perceptions of him, and depicts the relationships that grew out of his statehouse interactions. Keller’s research delves into Lincoln’s popularity as a citizen of New Salem, his political alliances and victories, his antislavery stirrings, and his personal joys and struggles as he sharpened his political shrewdness. Keller argues Lincoln’s definitive political philosophies—economic opportunity and the right to rise, democratic equality, and to a lesser extent his hatred of slavery—took root during his legislative tenure in Illinois. Situating Lincoln’s tenure and viewpoints within the context of national trends, Keller demonstrates that understanding Lincoln’s four terms as a state legislator is vital to understanding him as a whole.
Download or read book Lincoln s Preparation for Greatness written by Paul Simon and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cat. No. 01.0010 on inside front cover.
Download or read book Lincoln and His World written by Richard Lawrence Miller and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as an archeologist can reassemble pot shards and draw inferences about the civilization that produced it, I've examined a mass of verbal chunks left by Lincoln and people around him. I've sorted jumbled piles of fragments, restored them, and pieced them together in a way that reveals the speakers' world. --Richard Lawrence Miller, from the preface Quoting from eyewitness accounts, Richard Lawrence Miller allows Lincoln and his contemporaries to tell the story of this monumental American and bring a fascinating era of American history to life. The book covers Lincoln's birth through his first election to the Illinois legislature in 1834. Subsequent volumes will deal with Lincoln's life up to the White House years.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Before 1860 written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln and the Illinois Legislature written by Poor Richard Press and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folder mailed in envelope with cachet (the Second Presybyterian Church where the Lower House met) symbolic of the event. The envelope is stamped and franked in Springfield, Ill, Feb 3, 1940.
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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Before 1860 written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln Before 1860: Illinois Legislature, 1834-1842; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources No group with which Abraham Lincoln became affiliated in his younger days has gained more promi mence than the long nine. Its most notable achievement was the winning of the state capital of Illinois for the city of Springfield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Lincoln in the Legislature written by Harry Edward Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Before 1860 Lincoln Before 1860 Illinois Legislature written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Lincoln s Rail splitter written by Mark A. Plummer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Lincoln, Oglesby was born in Kentucky and spent most of his youth in central Illinois, apprenticing as a lawyer in Springfield and standing for election to the Illinois legislature Congress, and U.S. Senate. Oglesby participated in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War and made a small fortune in the gold rush of 1849. A superlative speaker, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in a campaign that featured the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, then was elected to the Illinois senate as Lincoln was being elected president.
Download or read book Lincoln the Politician written by T. Aaron Levy and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln written by Abraham Lincoln and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Debate on Senate Joint Resolution No 1 Before the Senate Fifty fifth General Assembly of Illinois written by Illinois. General Assembly. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln the citizen written by Henry Clay Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
