Impressed by his performance in the recent debates with Stephen Douglas, the Republican Chicago Press and Tribune made a very strong endorsement of Abraham Lincoln for nomination as a presidential candidate in 1860. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Weston Arthur Goodspeed, Daniel David Healy, A History of Cook County, Illinois....Volume 1 (Chicago,IL: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1909), 382.
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Campaigns/Elections
