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William Henry Herndon (December 25, 1818 – March 18, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln.He was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor of Springfield, Illinois.
Lincoln's law partner and biographer adored his 'perfect' thighs. Fotosearch/Getty. An 1860 portrait of Abraham Lincoln. William Herndon, a contemporary of Lincoln, who was his law partner ...
He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois. He was a major in the Black Hawk War in 1832, where he first met Abraham Lincoln, who was in the same battalion as Stuart. He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives between 1832 and 1836. Stuart encouraged Lincoln to study ...
Herndon, Lincoln's law partner and biographer, attests to the depth of Lincoln's love for Ann Rutledge. An anonymous poem about suicide published locally three years after her death is widely attributed to Lincoln. [28] [29] In contrast, his courting of Mary Owens was diffident. In 1837, Lincoln wrote to her from Springfield to give her an ...
Greene later told William Herndon, Lincoln’s law partner and earliest biographer, that he shared a narrow cot with the future president for roughly 18 months.
Lawyer Abraham Lincoln and his partner Stephen T. Logan moved their partnership law offices to a third-floor office in the Tinsley Block in 1843. The Illinois Supreme Court, where the partners often pleaded cases, met in the State Capitol across the street, and the U.S. District Court rented space on the Tinsley Block's second floor.
William Herndon, Lincoln’s law partner, also used the word “intimate” to describe Lincoln’s relationship with Speed, and so did Lincoln’s son Robert Todd Lincoln, later in life. Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...