It appears to me that Lincoln wasn't particularly popular until he was shot and killed. If he lived out his 2nd term, might he have joined the list of nonentities occupying the White House: Pierce, Fillmore, Buchanan...and Lincoln?
It appears to me that Lincoln wasn't particularly popular until he was shot and killed. If he lived out his 2nd term, might he have joined the list of nonentities occupying the White House: Pierce, Fillmore, Buchanan...and Lincoln?
The man who ended slavery? Maybe in his second term he'd be a fizzle, but people would still agree today that he was a great person.
Frankly, I can't see why we don't honor Andrew Johnson more these days either. He did sign the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery.