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Danp36 Em temme something about "lincoln studied law at home", coz sijaelewa vizuri hapo..
Lincoln served as New Salem's
postmaster and later as county
surveyor, all the while reading
voraciously. He then decided to
become a lawyer and began
teaching himself law by reading
Blackstone's Commentaries on
the Laws of England
and other law books. Of his
learning method, Lincoln stated:
"I studied with nobody".[45] His
second campaign in 1834 was
successful. He won election to
the state legislature; though he
ran as a Whig, many Democrats
favored him over a more
powerful Whig opponent.[46]
Admitted to the bar in 1836,[47]
he moved to Springfield, Illinois,
and began to practice law under
John T. Stuart, Mary Todd's
cousin.[48] Lincoln became an
able and successful lawyer with a
reputation as a formidable
adversary during cross-
examinations and closing
arguments. He partnered with
Stephen T. Logan from 1841 until
1844, when he began his
practice with William Herndon,
whom Lincoln thought "a
studious young man".[49] He
served four successive terms in
the Illinois House of
Representatives as a Whig
representative from Sangamon
County.[50]
In the 183536 legislative
session, he voted to expand
suffrage to white males, whether
landowners or not.[51] He was
known for his "free soil" stance
of opposing both slavery and
abolitionism. He first articulated
this in 1837, saying, "[The]
Institution of slavery is founded
on both injustice and bad policy,
but the promulgation of abolition
doctrines tends rather to
increase than abate its evils."[52]
He closely followed Henry Clay in
supporting the American
Colonization Society program of
making the abolition of slavery
practical by helping the freed
slaves to settle in Liberia in Africa.
[53]
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Congressman Lincoln
From the early 1830s, Lincoln
was a steadfast Whig and
professed to friends in 1861 to
be, "an old line Whig, a disciple of
Henry Clay".[54] The party,
including Lincoln, favored
economic modernization in
banking, protective tariffs to
fund internal improvements
including railroads, and
espoused urbanization as well.
[55]