William Herndon

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biographer lawyer person

William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer → lawyer → person →
activeIn	19th-century American law → 19th-century American politics →
archiveContains	Herndon-Weik collection on Abraham Lincoln →
birthDate	1818-12-25 →
birthPlace	Greensburg, Kentucky →
coFounded	Lincoln & Herndon law firm →
collected	letters and reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln → oral histories about Abraham Lincoln →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1891-03-18 →
deathPlace	Springfield, Illinois →
described	Abraham Lincoln’s early life in Kentucky and Indiana → Abraham Lincoln’s marriage and family life → Abraham Lincoln’s personality →
educatedAt	Illinois College →
familyName	Herndon →
fieldOfWork	biographical writing → history → law →
genre	biography →
givenName	William →
hasNotableStudentOrAssociate	Jesse W. Weik NERFINISHED →
influenced	later Lincoln biographers →
knownFor	being Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner → being one of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest biographers → preserving key insights into Abraham Lincoln’s life and character →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
lawPartnerOf	Abraham Lincoln →
name	William Herndon →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Herndon’s Life of Lincoln → Herndon’s Lincoln →
occupation	biographer → lawyer → politician →
partner	Abraham Lincoln →
politicalAlignment	Republican → abolitionist →
position	junior partner in Lincoln & Herndon →
residence	Springfield, Illinois →
spouse	Mary Maxcy Herndon →
subjectOf	scholarly studies on Lincoln’s early biographers →
workedWith	Abraham Lincoln →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oak Ridge Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
William Herndon →	name