Lincoln In Lawrenceville, Lawrenceville, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 43.764 W 087° 40.941
16S E 440689 N 4286969
A Wig candidate, William Henry Harrison was campaigned for by Lincoln.
Waymark Code: WM4N6W
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2008
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Marker Erected by: the Lawrence County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society.
Date Marker Erected: 1970.
County of Marker: Lawrence County.
Location of Marker: State St., courthouse lawn, Lawrenceville.
Marker Text:
LINCOLN IN LAWRENCEVILLE
In 1840 Abraham Lincoln, as a Wig elector, campaigned in Southern Illinois for William Henry Harrison Whig Presidential candidate here in Lawrenceville, October 28. He had a dispute with a local physician William G. Anderson, who the previous August had run as a Democrat and lost the election for State Representative. In writing to Lincoln on October 30, Dr. Anderson said that Lincoln was the "aggressor" in the dispute that his words imported insult. Lincoln denied the charge, saying that he regretted the incident.