The Congressional campaign of 1862 in central Illinois : Leonard Swett v. John T. Stuart. [1950?]
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Stuart, John Todd, 1807-1885
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Springfield, Illinois lawyer and politician; early law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Affidavit, 1874. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 647977056 Springfield, Ill. lawyer who was a friend of Lincoln, loaned him books with which to study the law and then took him into his office to practice. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1848 and the U.S. House in 1862, serving one term in each, then returned to Springfield to practice law. ...
Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889
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Leonard Herbert Swett, son of Leonard Swett and Laura Quigg, was born in 1858 in Bloomington, Illinois and traveled extensively in the American West as a surveyor with the United States Geological Survey. He married Rose Maria Skillings (1864-1914) in 1889 and they had at least one child, Laura Rose Swett, born in 1897. From the guide to the Leonard H. Swett papers, 1867-1934, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Leonard Swett (1825-1889), active in Illinois politics ...
