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my name is michelle kroll, and i'm the lincoln forum's secretary. and i'm delighted to to introduce the speakers to conclude this session. we now turn our attention to the topic of lincoln and the democrats. let me briefly introduce the panelists before turning the program over to our moderator, jonathan white. so proceeding in alphabetical order, reg ankrom is the author of two of a projected three volume biography of democrats stephen a douglas, who played such a pivotal role in american history and in abraham lincoln's political life in illinois. it was through his interest in lin...

One hundred and fifty-eight years ago this month, the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was barely passed in the House of Representatives, which was surprising considering that all of the

Congress has to get serious about the 14th Amendment. So does President Biden.

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Republican Party, byname Grand Old Party (GOP), in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Democratic Party. During the 19th century the Republican Party stood against the extension of slavery to the country’s new territories and, ultimately, for slavery’s complete abolition. During the 20th and 21st centuries the party came to be associated with laissez-faire capitalism, low taxes, and conservative social policies. The party acquired the acronym GOP, widely understood as “Grand Old Party,” in the 1870s. The party’s official logo, the elephant,...