Abe Lincoln, and Anthony Thornton, Debated in Shelbyville, Illinois.
N 39° 24.393 W 088° 47.431
16S E 345842 N 4363422
Lincoln and Thornton debated for and against slavery in our territories
Waymark Code: WMA6M0
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2010
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This marker is in memory of the Lincoln and Thornton debate held in Shelbyville, Illinois, June 15, 1856.
The Lincoln-Thornton debate took place as a result of friendship and mutual respect. While practicing in the former 14-county old Eighth Judicial Circuit, Lincoln, who had little formal education, and the college-educated Thornton developed a strong friendship and often were associated in law as in politics, according to John J. Duff in Lincoln: Prairie Lawyer. But with the dissolution of the Whig Party in 1854-55, the two men parted politically, Lincoln becoming a Republican and Thornton a Democrat. Thornton was born in the South, and his loyalties remained there.
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Location Type: Historic Marker
Property Type: Public
Date of Event: June 15, 1856
Location Notes:
Park in the Shelbyville, county courthouse just north of this marker.
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