Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln

Single sheet; 8 5/8 x 3 in. (216 x 76 mm). Crease at center from old fold; bottom two corners chipped, but not affecting text; generally toned.

A Sangamon County Republican ticket for the 1860 presidential election. The ticket presented here lists Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin as candidates for President and Vice President, along with their electors including Leonard Swett, John M. Palmer, Allen C. Fuller, William B. Plate, Lawrence Weldon, William P. Kellogg, James Stark, James C. Conkling, H. P. H. Bromwell, Thomas G. Allen, and John Olney. Listed thereafter are candidates for state offices including Richard Yates (governor), Francis A. Hoffman (lieutenant governor), Ozlas M. Hatch (secretary of state), and others, as well as congressional candidate Henry Case. Further down are candidates for county offices including John W. Smith (sheriff), Stephen S. Whitehurst (clerk of the circuit court), and John Hopper (coroner), with "For Convention" and "For Township Organization" also listed but lacking names of candidates.

Sangamon County loomed large in Lincoln's life, not only as his home county for more than two decades, but also as home to his first constituency as a state legislator. He represented the county in the Illinois General Assembly from 1834 to 1842, being elected to four terms as a member of the Whig Party. Twenty-six years after that first successful campaign, Lincoln's name would appear again on a Sangamon County election ticket, but this time as a member of the Republican Party, and as a candidate for the highest office in the land.

Provenance:

Louise Taper, Beverly Hills, California