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Fortunately for his political career, Lincoln had the prescience to oppose a seemingly minor bill “to improve the breed of cattle,” which stipulated that “no bull over one year old shall be permitted to run at large out of an enclosure.” Violators would be fined and the proceeds distributed to the farmers with the three best cows, bulls, and heifers within the county. In the Jacksonian “Era of the Common Man,” the public regarded this statute as hopelessly elitist and voted its supporters out of office. Less than a year later the General Assembly overwhelmingly repealed the “Little Bull” law.
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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