Cleveland and the First Lincoln Election

Without their support Lincoln would have lost the Northwest and the presidency. The election of Lincoln, and as it turned out, the fate of the Union, stated Dodd, were thus determined not by native Americans but by voters who knew least of American history and institutions. Even though no adequate evidence existed to substantiate the assertions of Dodd, until recently his thesis with a few notable exceptions, has been widely accepted.1 It is true that most midwestern ethnic leaders and editors, including Carl Schurz of Wisconsin and Frederick Hassaurek of Ohio, supported Lincoln's candidacy and many foreign-born

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