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LOT #351

Abraham Lincoln

A RARE RELIC FROM HIS
FIRST ATTEMPT AT NATIONAL OFFICE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President (1861-1865). [PRESIDENTIAL] Manuscript Document.. 4pp. . 12.5 x 7.75. Nov. 1840. Long Point Precinct. A Long Point Precinct, Ill poll book from the national election of 1840. 4pp 12½ x 7¾".

Prior to his election as President in 1860, Lincoln was a determined party functionary, actively campaigning for Whig Presidential candidates in ever general election from 1840 to 1856. Not only did he barnstorm the country giving speeches, but he was a candidate for Presidential Elector on numerous occasions - the very first being in 1840. In that campaign, he also had occasion to debate Stephen Douglas for the first time. Unlike other poll books with pre-printed pages listing the names of Whig and Democratic Presidential Electors, this has been carefully manuscript penned with listings of "Abraham Lincoln of Sangamon Co." The names of each voter was written in by the election clerk, along with their vote. A tally of the votes received is written on the bottom. Being a Democratic state, the Van Buren slate of electors received many more votes than the Whig slate. Accordingly, Lincoln failed in his attempt to be elected a Presidential Elector. Single leaves from 1840 poll books seldom surface. A more complete specimen, such as this, is quite a special offering $6,000 up

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