Lincoln and his cabinet : a lecture delivered on Tuesday, March 10, 1896, before the New Haven Colony Historical Society . 19, 1814; died at Washington, Decem-ber 24, 1869. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy 1861-69. Born at Glastonbury, Connecticut, July 1,1802; died at Hartford, Connecticut, February11, 1878. CALEB BLOOD SMITH, Secretary of the Interior1861-62. Born at Boston, Massachusetts, April16, 1808; died at Indianapolis, Indiana, January7, 1864. JOHN PALMER USHER, Secretary of the Interior18G3-65. Born at Brookfield, New York, Jan-uary 9, 1816 ; died at Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania,
Lincoln and his cabinet : a lecture delivered on Tuesday, March 10, 1896, before the New Haven Colony Historical Society . 19, 1814; died at Washington, Decem-ber 24, 1869. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy 1861-69. Born at Glastonbury, Connecticut, July 1,1802; died at Hartford, Connecticut, February11, 1878. CALEB BLOOD SMITH, Secretary of the Interior1861-62. Born at Boston, Massachusetts, April16, 1808; died at Indianapolis, Indiana, January7, 1864. JOHN PALMER USHER, Secretary of the Interior18G3-65. Born at Brookfield, New York, Jan-uary 9, 1816 ; died at Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania, April 13, 1889. EDWARD BATES, Attorney-General at Belmont, Virginia, September 4, 1793;died at St. Louis, March 25, 1869. JAMES SPEED, Attorney-General 1864-66. Bornin Jefferson County, Kentucky, March 11, 1812 ;died there June 25, 1887. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster-General 1861-64. Born in Franklin County, Kentucky, May10, 1813 ; died at Silver Spring, Maryland, July27, 1883. WILLIAM DENNISON, Postmaster-General 1864-66. Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23,1815 ; died at Columbus, Ohio, June 15, ^yruT^^o^^^i^ (iUyii,c.^r^ LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET HAVE been invited totell you some recollec-tions of impressionsthat were made uponme during the periodwhen I was serving atWashington and in the field under Presi-dent Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton. Ifelt no special anxiety to perform thisduty, but it seemed to me as though Iought not to decline it. The number of those who knew those men face to face,and saw them intimately during the timethat tried mens souls, is already small,and growing smaller; and it is a duty torecord the impressions and to narratethe facts of those times and of thoserelations. The election of Abraham Lincoln wasbrought about by a dissension in theDemocratic party. It was divided, andthe Republican party was united, andthe consequence was his election. Thegreat question at issue in that election,although I do not think it was formallystated i
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