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RE: Lincoln and Hamlin?
(03-20-2016 11:33 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Looks good to me, Bill.

I believe, over the years, I have read (in various sources) three different scenarios on how Johnson was selected for VP at the convention:

A. Johnson was picked without any contact with Lincoln.
B. Johnson was selected, and then Lincoln gave his personal approval.
C. Hamlin was dropped, and Johnson was selected per Lincoln's instruction.

Any thoughts?

Burlingame (p. 642 in Volume II paperback) quotes Hay that Lincoln expressly declined to support any individual publicly for VP because he was friendly with all those being considered and friendly with their various supporters, but privately expressed his personal preference to keep Hamlin.
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Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-18-2016, 05:52 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - LincolnMan - 03-18-2016, 05:59 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - RJNorton - 03-19-2016, 04:05 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-19-2016, 05:27 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-19-2016, 07:34 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - LincolnMan - 03-20-2016, 05:00 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-20-2016, 06:30 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Gene C - 03-20-2016, 07:30 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - RJNorton - 03-20-2016, 08:14 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Wild Bill - 03-20-2016, 10:05 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - RJNorton - 03-20-2016, 11:33 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - ELCore - 03-20-2016 12:36 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Wild Bill - 03-20-2016, 12:56 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - L Verge - 03-20-2016, 01:06 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - ELCore - 03-20-2016, 09:41 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - RJNorton - 03-21-2016, 04:19 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Wild Bill - 03-20-2016, 02:00 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - L Verge - 03-20-2016, 08:35 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-20-2016, 02:54 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Gene C - 03-20-2016, 02:59 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-20-2016, 05:24 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-21-2016, 08:21 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - L Verge - 03-21-2016, 09:47 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Wild Bill - 03-21-2016, 10:10 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Gene C - 03-21-2016, 03:47 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - L Verge - 03-21-2016, 06:19 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Eva Elisabeth - 03-26-2016, 03:41 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-24-2016, 05:49 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - Wild Bill - 03-26-2016, 05:48 AM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - ELCore - 03-27-2016, 09:48 PM
RE: Lincoln and Hamlin? - HerbS - 03-28-2016, 06:51 AM
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