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Copyright © 2012 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 4 3 2 1 frontispiece: This ambrotype of Abraham Lincoln was taken on April 25, 1858, in Urbana by Samuel Alschuler. Lincoln was accompanied to the studio by Joseph O. Cunningham. Champaign County Historical Archives, The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Illinois. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fraker, Guy C., 1938– Lincoln’s ladder to the presidency : the eighth judicial circuit / Guy C. Fraker ; with a foreword by Michael Burlingame. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3201-4 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3201-9 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3202-1 (ebook) ISBN-10: 0-8093-3202-7 (ebook) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Career in law. 2. Law—Illinois —Downstate Illinois—History—19th century. 3. Illinois . Circuit Court (8th Circuit)—History—19th century. I. Title. KF368.L52F73 2012 340.092—dc23 2012005552 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. To Aunt Lola [3.85.211.2] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 14:49 GMT) Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. —Abraham Lincoln to the people of Sangamon County, March 9, 1832 [3.85.211.2] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 14:49 GMT) ...