Commenter Of The Day: The Failed Campaigns Of Abraham Lincoln Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Something history tends to forget is Lincoln's overall election record was pretty low. He lost six times. His first unsuccessful election was an attempt to make it to the Illinois General Assembly. At an early speech in the campaign a man from another campaign caused trouble, which led to Lincoln picking up the agitator by the seat of his pants and literally throwing him out of the gathering....




