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Campaign organization and encounters in Indiana 1860 scene
The piece traces Indiana political organizing in 1860 with Republicans forging a comprehensive voter canvas and forming Young Republicans and Wide Awake clubs to support Lincoln. It notes Democratic split, key speeches, prominent speakers, and the 1860 state election results with Lane and Morton as nominees, plus a later Notice to Non Residents about divorce proceedings in 1918 Sullivan County courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Democratic State Cenral
John D. Defrees
Wide Awakes
Indianapolis
Lincoln
Hamlin
United States
Douglas
Supreme Court
Cassius M. Clay
Frankfort
Kentucky
Carl Schurz
Springfield
Massachusetts
Seward
United States Senate
O. P. Morton
Terre Haute
G. A. Grow
House of Representatives
John B. Dillon
C. M. Clay
Will Cumback
H. S. Lane
C. B. Smith
P. A. Hackleman
J. S. Harvey
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Corwin
Ohio
J. C. Underwood
Virginia
Charles Conlon
Frank Blair
Missouri
Reinhold Snizer
New York City
Joseph M. Root
Robb
C. M. Case
A. J. Harlan
Fitch, Bright
W. H. English
Lane
Hendricks
Morton
Turpie
Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Charles Smiley
Know Nothings
Breckenridge
Bright and Fitch
Sentinel
Douglas State Central Committee
Breckenridge and Bell
Lincsin
Bell
Buchanan
Kansas
Maine
People’s Party
People’s
Republican
Robert Ter
Usiny Ure
P. Harter
Andis
Pew
Sullivan Circuit
Rowland Power Consolidated Colliers Company
Edward Lewellyn
Dessa Gambill