Ninian W. Edwards (1809-1889) With Lincoln, Ninian Edwards had constituted one of Whig “Long Nine” from Sangamon County who served in State Legislature in mid 1830s. Mr. Lincoln met Edwards when he first went to Vandalia for the… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Jesse K. Dubois (1811-1876) Jesse Dubois met Mr. Lincoln when they served together in the State Legislature in the 1830s and early 1840s. Mr. Lincoln helped persuade Dubois, then the state’s youngest legislator, to vote for… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Mark W. Delahay (1817-1879) In 1860, Mark W. Delahay sought Mr. Lincoln’s support to attend the Chicago Republican convention as a Lincoln delegate from Kansas. Mr. Lincoln replied: “I can not enter the ring on the money basis–first, because, in the main, it is…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) Thurlow Weed was not an easy friend for the President to keep. He was often out of sorts with Mr. Lincoln on patronage, policy, political or personal reasons – and took umbrage even when Mr. Lincoln… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Henry Villard (1835-1900) German-American journalist Henry Villard wrote: “I was introduced to Lincoln at Freeport, and met him frequently afterwards in the course of the [1858 Senate] campaign. I must say frankly that…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

John W. Forney (1817-1881) President Lincoln took a direct hand in advancing Forney’s fortunes. “With the editorial stance of the influential, mass-circulation New York Tribune increasingly uncertain, as Horace Greeley oscillated nervously between…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Henry J. Raymond (1820-1869) President Lincoln wrote Raymond in March 1862 a few days after he sent a message to Congress proposing action for the “gradual abolishment of slavery”. Said Mr. Lincoln: “I am grateful to the…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) “What in the world is the matter with Uncle Horace? Why can’t he restrain himself and wait a little while?” complained President Lincoln to the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune in early 1862. “I do not suppose I have…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Joseph Medill (1823-1899) “Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune regarded the President as a kind of personal property, and when his faction seemed not to be securing its share of the patronage he raged: ‘We made Abe and…’” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Simeon Francis (1796-1872) The interests of Springfield editor Simeon Francis often coincided with those of his good friend, Abraham Lincoln. Early in Mr. Lincoln’s legislative career, Francis championed the shift of the… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >