Lincoln for President
This is a narrative of Abraham Lincoln''s bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. Lincoln seemed like a long shot from the beginning--a one term congressmen, he''d never served as a judge or governor or in any statewide office, and he had lost two campaigns for the U.S. Senate. How, then, did he overtake several seemingly better-qualified candidates to ultimately defeat William Seward f...
This is a narrative of Abraham Lincoln''s bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. Lincoln seemed like a long shot from the beginning--a one term congressmen, he''d never served as a judge or governor or in any statewide office, and he had lost two campaigns for the U.S. Senate. How, then, did he overtake several seemingly better-qualified candidates to ultimately defeat William Seward f...
