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RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-29-2019
Good guesses, Steve and Michael, but not correct.
Hint#2: This person is not entirely new to this forum - he has been mentioned before as well as his unique connection to Lincoln.
RE: Who is this person? - Steve - 03-29-2019
Elbert Waller?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-29-2019
Nope, it's not Waller, Steve.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-29-2019
Hint #3: The connection between Lincoln and the man in the question was in the decade of the 1830s.
RE: Who is this person? - GustD45 - 03-29-2019
is it James Shields?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-29-2019
Nope, it's not James Shields, Gust.
RE: Who is this person? - Steve - 03-29-2019
Charles Maltby?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-30-2019
Nope, it's not Maltby, Steve.
Hint #4: Lincoln and this man are known for only one thing, and it happened on one day only.
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-30-2019
(03-29-2019, 04:59 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Good guesses, Steve and Michael, but not correct.I am 100% certain the photo was on the forum but cannot remember more. Was it a New Salem connection or someone from "politics" (the Long Nine maybe?)?
Hint#2: This person is not entirely new to this forum - he has been mentioned before as well as his unique connection to Lincoln.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 03-30-2019
Lorenzo Thompson , the wrestler that downed Lincoln.
Your 'it happened one day' helped. Elizabeth helped too ... I started to think of Lincoln jumping out of the window ... and that led me on (somehow) to the wrestlers (I was going to check Jack Armstrong ... but read about Lorenzo again and saw his image)
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-30-2019
You are right, Eva. Indeed it was on the forum several years ago. I'll post it again here. And, congratulations to Michael for figuring out that the man is Thompson. Kudos, Michael! Thompson is the only known opponent who beat Lincoln in wrestling. The original post is here.
![[Image: thompson.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/thompson.jpg)
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 03-30-2019
I dont think that Lorenzo was the sort of man with whom anybody sober would choose to argue.
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-30-2019
Yes, but he looks like a well-behaved gentleman.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 03-31-2019
Who is this person?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 03-31-2019
Does he have a connection to Lincoln when Lincoln was older? IMO, he does not strike me as a New Salem type.