GDG- After cutting his own name from ballot

[Dennis Lawrence]

Tuesday, November 6, 1860.
Springfield, IL.




Election day. Lincoln spends most of it at his state house office. About 3 
P.M. he walks quietly to polling place in courthouse. Crowd gives him 
ovation. After cutting his own name from ballot, he votes straight ticket. 
Evening he spends in telegraph office, getting returns. Shortly after 
midnight he and Mrs. Lincoln attend supper, and soon go home
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what
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         -Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.