In 1851 Lincoln represented Alton & Sangamon Railroad. This case established Lincoln as one of the most prominent practitioners of railroad law in the state of Illinois.
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US Congressman Lincoln
In 1846, as he gathered support and popularity within his party, Lincoln was nominated as a Whig candidate for congress. The election took place on August 3rd; he ran against Democrat Peter Cartwright and won. He was the only Whig congressman...
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation on grounds of military policy not on principle It was Benjamin Franklin in 1790 who first addressed Congress in his famous “Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery” to provide the means to abolish...
Assassination
Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15, 1865. He was 56 years old. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth.