This Week in History December 1, 1864 Attorney General Edwin Bates resigns and President Lincoln appoints James Speed of Kentucky to the office. Deceember 2, 1819 Lincoln's widowed father and Sarah Bush Johnston are married in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. December 6, 1864 President Lincoln appoints former Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union." --Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859

Events Highlights December 2 Ford's Theatre Season Opens, Washington, DC December 3 Lincoln Stories (pdf), Naperville, IL December 3 Mary Lincoln Lecture, Frankfort, KY December 5 Christmas/Lincolns, Harrogate, TN December 6 Lincoln Programs, C-SPAN December 7 Lincoln Carol Sing, Springfield, IL December 9 Lincoln Lecture, Baltimore, MD December 10 Mary Lincoln Program, Frankfort, KY December 10 Lincoln Programs, Portland, OR December 12 Lincoln/Navy Lecture, Chicago, IL >> Many More Events Welcome Message to Visitors Frequently Asked Questions Email ALO Photo Tours of Lincoln Places

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