Becoming Lincoln
A podcast on the life of Abraham Lincoln, from his ancestors to his afterlife.
Becoming Lincoln
Good Whigs
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Brian Lyman
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Season 2
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Episode 19
The Whigs were desperate for victory in 1848, and Abraham Lincoln joined a group promoting the candidacy of General Zachary Taylor. Lincoln showed that he could be an effective speaker -- but he could not have foreseen that his efforts would help destroy the party that he had devoted his life to.