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I hope some of you knew that Abraham Lincoln, President Seward's Attorney General before serving as Chief Justice from 1864 until his death in 1879 was Seward's main competitor for the 1860 Republican nomination. What if he won the election and then the election. He had a reputation for excellent political skills and for moderate views. Could have made a deal with the South? Would he have accepted the Critenden Compromise?
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