—Charles Sumner
His career teaches young men that every position of eminence is open before the diligent and worthy.
—Bishop Matthew Simpson
Such a life and character will be treasured forever as the sacred possession of the American people and of mankind.
—James A. Garfield
By his fidelity to the True, the Right, the Good, he gained not only favor and applause, but what is better than all, love.
—W. D. Howells
He was warm-hearted; he was generous; he was magnanimous, he was most truly, as he afterwards said on a memorable occasion, "With malice toward none, with charity for all."
—Alexander H. Stephens