improves prospects by a partnership with Logan, 67;

later joins with Herndon, 67;

his competitors at the bar, 68;

considers law secondary to politics, 68;

his legal ability, 68-70;

a "case lawyer," 68;

his ability as jury lawyer, 69;

refuses to conduct a bad case, 70;

on Whig electoral ticket in 1844, 71;

later disillusioned with Clay, 71;