Here is a quick one for you.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to the 30th Congress and served from 1847 to 1849. On Februrary 21, 1848, while participating in a vote in the House of Representatives at the US Capitol Building, former President John Quincy Adams (6th) suffered a deadly stroke from which he died two days later. Lincoln was present during the ex-President’s collapse.
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Barry
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If you are interested in Abraham Lincoln, you should read these interviews by two Lincoln experts:
“An Awesometalk With” Harold Holzer, Lincoln Scholar
(posted on November 10, 2008)
“An Awesometalk With” Dr. Thomas Schwartz, Illinois State Historian
(posted on December 08, 2008)
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