Noah Brooks (1830-1903) Brooks had been a journalist in Illinois for five years beginning in 1854 and came to know Mr. Lincoln there. In 1860, he wrote an article in which he recounted a speech Mr. Lincoln gave in Dixon, Illinois, where Brooks had… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Edward L. Baker (1855-1874) Edward L. Baker was editor and co-owner of Illinois State Journal in Springfield, Illinois. He had also married Mrs. Lincoln’s niece, Julia Edwards. He also was a lawyer and a friend of Mr. Lincoln who claimed that he… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Henry Clay Whitney (1831-1905) In 1854 at age 23, Henry C. Whitney relocated to Urbana and entered the practice of law. “I became acquainted with Lincoln,” Whitney wrote over three decades later. “It was about the time of my first…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Leonard Swett (1825-1899) Swett was active in Mr. Lincoln’s nomination in Chicago in May 1860 and even more active in helping establish links with defeated candidate William H. Seward. After the 1860 presidential election, the President asked Swett to… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) Mr. Lincoln lost his first legislative race shortly after the conclusion of the Black Hawk War in 1832 – but Stuart was elected. In 1834, Mr. Lincoln was approached by Democrats who sought to… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) Logan was a brilliant and blunt attorney from whom Mr. Lincoln had learned much. Mr. Lincoln’s regard for Logan was also reflected in a note he sent Logan, inviting him to Washington to visit with… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Ebenezer Peck (1805-1881) Mr. Lincoln wrote Chicago lawyer and Republican political leader Ebenezer Peck in August 1858. Senator Stephen “Douglas is propounding questions to me, which perhaps it is not quite safe to wholly disregard. I have my view of the…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Ward Hill Lamon (1828-1893) The Lincoln-Lamon partnership endured until 1857, when Lamon took up residence in Bloomington as the county’s district attorney. “Although Mr. Lincoln was my senior by eighteen years, in one important…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

William H. Herndon (1819-1891) Herndon was indeed different from Mr. Lincoln. He had more education than Mr. Lincoln, but less common sense. He was more radical and impulsive in politics. But Herndon was clearly his junior in… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Jesse W. Fell (1808-1887) Fell was not only a good lawyer but an eloquent speaker. He was a Pennsylvania native who had studied law in Ohio. Although he had founded Bloomington Pantagraph, his primary occupation was… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >