Image from page 78 of "Iowa and the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln" (1908)
Identifier: iowafirstnominat00herr
Title: Iowa and the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln
Authors: Herriott, F. I. (Frank Irving), 1868-1941
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Iowa -- Politics and government
Publisher: [Des Moines, Historical Dept. of Iowa
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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W. A. WARREN,Merchant BENJAMIN RECTOR,Lawyer E. G. BOWDOIN,Lawyer —65— This backfiring: and bushwhacking took place in the westernparts of the northern, or second Congressional District, com-prehending nearly two-thirds of the State. That year theRepublican congressional candidate was Wm, Vandever ofDubuque, who from 1856 to 1859 was pelted with the chargethat he had joined a Know-Nothing Lodge in Dubuque, in1856, becoming an officer thereof.1 Evidently he suffered achange of heart, due either to deliberation or discretion ordiscipline, for French, Germans, Irish and Swiss swarmed inDubuque. The suspicions of the Germans of Davenport, how-ever, were not wholly allayed by his discreet and favorableutterances, for one of their most distinguished representatives,Hans Reimer Claussen, a one-time member of the GermanParliament, demanded a more specific statement from Mr.Vandever. On September 8, 1858, he submitted and askedreplies to the following questions: 1. Are you willing, when a
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Image from page 78 of "Iowa and the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln" (1908)
Identifier: iowafirstnominat00herr
Title: Iowa and the first nomination of Abraham Lincoln
Authors: Herriott, F. I. (Frank Irving), 1868-1941
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Iowa -- Politics and government
Publisher: [Des Moines, Historical Dept. of Iowa
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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W. A. WARREN,Merchant BENJAMIN RECTOR,Lawyer E. G. BOWDOIN,Lawyer —65— This backfiring: and bushwhacking took place in the westernparts of the northern, or second Congressional District, com-prehending nearly two-thirds of the State. That year theRepublican congressional candidate was Wm, Vandever ofDubuque, who from 1856 to 1859 was pelted with the chargethat he had joined a Know-Nothing Lodge in Dubuque, in1856, becoming an officer thereof.1 Evidently he suffered achange of heart, due either to deliberation or discretion ordiscipline, for French, Germans, Irish and Swiss swarmed inDubuque. The suspicions of the Germans of Davenport, how-ever, were not wholly allayed by his discreet and favorableutterances, for one of their most distinguished representatives,Hans Reimer Claussen, a one-time member of the GermanParliament, demanded a more specific statement from Mr.Vandever. On September 8, 1858, he submitted and askedreplies to the following questions: 1. Are you willing, when a
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