This Week in History June 16, 1858 Lincoln is nominated by the Republican Party to run for the U.S. Senate and gives his famous "House Divided" speech. June 19, 1856 Lincoln is nominated for Vice President at the first Republican National Convention but loses to William L. Dayton. June 20, 1859 Lincoln writes to Salmon P. Chase about his views on the fugitive slave law. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity." --Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862

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