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Three Bloomington Men Shaped Lincoln's Rise to Presidency
A Bloomington trio David Davis Leonard Swett and Jesse Fell are credited by Sherman Day Wakefield in his new book with crafting Lincoln's path to the presidency. Their backing and behind the scenes lobbying helped propel Lincoln from circuit rider to national figure and ultimately to the White House.
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Jesse W. Fell
David Davis
Leonard Swett
Abraham Lincoln
William E. Barton
Lincoln
Illinois State Historical Society
Oregon
Illinois
Minois
Minos
United State
Barton
Sherman Day Wakefield
Bloomington
Hinois
Wilson-Erickson, Inc
New York
Mr. Wakefield
Jesse W. Fett
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Maine
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Heag Berp
Mew-Garden
Chester County
Pennsylvia
Fell
Davis
the Rounds
Sassafras Neck
Cecil County
Kenyon College
Ohio
Lenox
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Pekin
Ill
Jesse Fell
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Ilinois
Turner
Oxford County
Waterville
Colby) College
Portland
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Jefferson Barracks
Swett
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New York Tribune
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Linecoln
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Fells
Lincoln Club
Decatur
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William H. Seward
Edward Bates
St. Louis
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Wigwam
Fremont Hotel
G Woptero Newspaper Union