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Article: Lincoln's teams of legal rivals: it wasn't just Lincoln the politician who drew on the strength of rivals. Lawyer Lincoln did the same.
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- Illinois Bar Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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While preparing a speech for the bar association about Lincoln's legal career, judge justice found Wan interesting Internet story on similarities between Illinois lawyers Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln, both of whom left the state to become President of the United States. It is not unusual for a lawyer to assume the office, as 26 of 44 Presidents have been members of the legal profession.
The article discussed the selection of Cabinet positions and referred to Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln selected four of his political rivals to serve in his Cabinet: Salmon Chase ...