Encounters
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Lincoln stumped for Harrison throughout Illinois. In March, Lincoln campaigned as he made his rounds on the legal circuit. With Edward D. Baker, he spoke in Jacksonville, where Douglas and the bibulous, combative Josiah Lamborn, a representative of the darker side of frontier politics, made their replies. Noted for “bitter and unmeasured” denunciations of Whigs, the tall, slender Lamborn had a peculiar tawny complexion and a crippling deformity that had evidently made him vengeful and acerbic. Lamborn’s undoubted brilliance was overshadowed by his lack of scruples and his drinking habits. He became an alcoholic, abandoned his family, and as attorney general of Illinois accepted bribes.
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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