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Lincoln for President: An Underdog's Path to the 1860 Republican Nomination

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This work is the complete narrative of Abraham Lincolns bid for the White House from 1858 through 1860. Lincoln seemed like a long shot from the beginninga one term congressmen, hed 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 overcome several seemingly better-qualified candidates to ultimately defeat William Seward for his young partys nomination? This work offers a day-by-day account that demonstrates how Lincolns character, and his ...

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Lincoln for President: An Underdog's Path to the 1860 Republican Nomination 2009, McFarland & Company, Jefferson

ISBN-13: 9780786439577

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