Identifier: lincolnlawye00hill (find matches)
Title: Lincoln, the lawyer
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lawyers Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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hat Lincoln gave little attention to politics dur-ing his partnership with Logan, though he didnot altogether withdraw from public life. Themention of his name for the governorship in1841 had been serious enough to call for a semi-official declination; but there was no organizedeffort made to induce him to accept the nomina-tion, and the subject was dropped. Despite hisclose attention to business he was, nevertheless,more or less active in the councils of the Whigparty during the first two years of his associa-tion with Logan, and in 1843 he became chair-man of the local convention, drew the politi-cal platform and otherwise manifested keen 1 Some of the records of the Illinois circuit courts have beendestroyed by fire, but the writer frequently noted Lincolns namein the judges minutes, and found other indications that he wasat this time doing his share of circuit work. 126 JUDGE LOGAN AND LINCOLN interest in party matters, at the same timebecoming an active candidate for the congres-
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Drawn by Harry Fenn from a photograph The building in Springfield on the third floorof which was the office of Logan & Lincoln sional nomination. His most formidable rivalfor this honor was Baker, Logans former8 127 LINCOLN THE LAWYER partner; but neither man was strong enough tocarry the convention, and John J. Hardin,another prominent member of the bar, wasnamed and elected. The following year Bakerand Lincoln were again mentioned for the sameoffice, but Lincoln refused to contest the placewith his friend and fellow-member at the bar,who had long set his heart upon obtaining theprize, and to whom defeat would have broughtgreat bitterness. Indeed, Bakers politicalambitions were almost boundless, and in afteryears Judge Davis used to tell a story about himto the effect that when he first read the Consti-tution of the United States and discovered thatno one but a native American could be President,he burst into tears, bewailing the fact that hewas ineligible, having been born in En

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