Springfield's Old Second Presbyterian Church

[RJNorton]

(07-08-2012 09:07 AM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Does it have something to do with jumping out a window for some reason I can't recall?

You win, Joe. The motive for jumping out the window, for which Lincoln suffered considerable humiliation, was to break a quorum when Democrats called for a vote to cripple the Whig-favored state bank. Two other legislators, Joseph Gillepsie and Asahel Gridley, jumped with Lincoln. As his life went on, Lincoln became embarrassed at what he had done, and he avoided discussing it with people in the future.