President abraham lincoln and some of the men who served with him in his cabinet from 1861 to 1865. Attorney general edward bates, secretary of the treasury salmon p. The political genius of abraham lincoln, doris kearns goodwin explores the extraordinary array of personal qualities that allowed lincoln first to appoint, then to win over, men who had previously opposed him, and reveals how lincolns bold and brilliant actions helped him steer the country through its darkest days. The last words of abraham lincoln author stephen mansfield breaks down the final moments of the life of abraham lincoln in this provocative excerpt from his new book lincolns battle with god. Former president barack obama revealed that it is one of his favourite books and that he had shaped his own cabinet based on inputs from the manuscript. Abraham lincoln and american slavery for avoiding the two pitfalls that people fall into. Lincolns strategy to turn rivals into allies after he won the presidency, abraham lincoln brought three of his rivals for the republican nomination into his cabinet. The political genius of abraham lincoln is an incredible work that tells the remarkable story of lincoln, his cabinet, and his uncanny ability to find the best people for the job and then bring the best out of them. Salmon chase is a wrong fit from the start, and lincoln eventually has to appoint him to the supreme court to get rid of him. This collection of autographs features abraham lincoln and his entire cabinet. Finally, though, he made up his mind to issue his historic emancipation proclamation to free. Theres abraham lincoln, autographed by abraham lincoln.
An extraordinary president and his remarkable cabinet an interview with doris kearns goodwin about lincolns team of rivals. Leadership lessons for our times and all times lincoln, who lead a team of fierce rivals during our countrys biggest crisis, has a lot to teach us. The political genius of abraham lincoln bagged the pulitzer prize in 2005. An extraordinary president and his remarkable cabinet. Lincoln was the first member of the recentlyestablished republican party elected to the presidency. More books about abraham lincoln line the shelves of libraries than about any other american. The book is an account of lincolns foresight and genius for gathering a most improbable assemblage of adversaries to serve in his cabinet not just rivals of one another, but of president. A complete story of the genius of abraham lincoln and how he assembled a cabinet from his political rivals to lead the country through the civil war. It includes letters and documents signed by lincoln, his vice presidents hannibal hamlin and andrew johnson, and all members of his administrations first and second cabinets. Published in 2005, this bestselling book discusses lincoln s presidential cabinet, which was made up of lincoln s former political rivals, and explores how they helped shape one of the most significant presidencies in american history. Three of his cabinet members had previously run against lincoln in the 1860 election. Goodwin, through extensive research of not only lincolns writings and speeches, but those of secretary of state seward and secretary of war stanton and many others, profiles historic figures of the era. The presidency of abraham lincoln began on march 4, 1861, when he was inaugurated as the 16th president of the united states, and ended upon his assassination and death on april 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term.