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Creation Date
5-1-2005
Description
This is the Hall of Representatives where, in 1858, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" speech. In the November contest, Lincoln won the popular vote but lost the vote that counted -- in the Illinois legislature -- and Stephen Douglas was returned to the U.S. Senate.
This is also the chamber in which Lincoln's body lay in state before his burial on May 5, 1865.
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Photos and text © Gleaves Whitney 2005
