How We Elected Lincoln; Personal Recollections of Lincoln and Men of His Time
Abram J. Dittenhoefer
Read by David Wales
Dittenhoefer as a young man campaigned for Lincoln in 1860 and was an elector for Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, of German immigrant parents, he moved with his parents to New York City. He had a distinguished career as a lawyer and judge. He was instrumental in establishing the principle that newspapers were protected from disclosing the source of confidential information. When he died in 1919 he was the last surviving presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln. This 1916 memoir “…offers my personal recollections of the immortal Emancipator, and of the memorable campaigns of 1860 and 1864, in which, as a young man, I was actively engaged.” - Summary by Book Preface and David Wales (2 hr 21 min)
Chapters
Preface | 1:25 | Read by David Wales |
The Man -- Lincoln | 19:04 | Read by David Wales |
Lincoln's Introduction To The East | 9:07 | Read by David Wales |
How Lincoln Was First Nominated | 21:21 | Read by David Wales |
How Lincoln Was First Elected | 10:33 | Read by David Wales |
The Journey To The Capital | 8:08 | Read by David Wales |
Stories And Incidents | 12:12 | Read by David Wales |
Four Years Of Stress And Strain | 22:54 | Read by David Wales |
The Renomination | 21:53 | Read by David Wales |
The Campaign Of 1864 | 15:17 | Read by David Wales |