Lincoln, the Politician

by T. Aaron Levy

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Lincoln in Kentucky	[15]
II.	Lincoln's Environment in Indiana	[21]
III.	The Political Hero of New Salem	[39]
IV.	Practical Legislator	[58]
V.	Protestor and Patriot	[76]
VI.	Partisan in State and National Affairs	[87]
VII.	Restless Political Ambition	[109]
VIII.	Lincoln Opposes the Inception of the Mexican War in Congress	[121]
IX.	Lincoln's Attack on Slavery in Congress	[135]
X.	The School of Solitude	[152]
XI.	An Emancipated Politician	[162]
XII.	The Pilot of the New Faith in Illinois	[181]
XIII.	Lincoln and the Dred Scott Decision	[197]
XIV.	Leader of the Republican Party in Illinois	[201]
XV.	The Dawn of National Leadership	[207]
XVI.	The Political Philosophy of Abraham Lincoln	[213]
	Bibliography	[223]
	Index	[227]

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