TY - BOOK ID - 136721503 TI - Lincoln in the Illinois legislature PY - 2019 SN - 0809337010 9780809337019 9780809337002 0809337002 PB - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Legislators KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Political career before 1861. KW - Illinois. KW - Illinois KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136721503 AB - "During Abraham Lincoln's four terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, Lincoln rose to prominence as the Whig party's floor leader, and his great character qualities, political philosophy, and the groundwork for his future were all fostered during his time as a State Representative"-- ER -