William Herndon

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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.


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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

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Oak Ridge Cemetery
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William Herndon
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