. Civil War officers. Union . e legitimate by the veryprecedents in international law which Browning had called toLincolns attention. The Illinois Senator was disappointedthat the President had not appointed him to the United StatesSupreme Court. He wanted the job so badly that he wroteLincoln a somewhat embarrassed letter asking for it outright,admitting that it was an office peculiarly adapted to mytastes. By the spring of 1862, Lincoln still had not filled theposition, and many thought Browning was still in therunning. Lincoln did not decide to appoint David Davis untilJuly, and Browning ha
. Civil War officers. Union . e legitimate by the veryprecedents in international law which Browning had called toLincolns attention. The Illinois Senator was disappointedthat the President had not appointed him to the United StatesSupreme Court. He wanted the job so badly that he wroteLincoln a somewhat embarrassed letter asking for it outright,admitting that it was an office peculiarly adapted to mytastes. By the spring of 1862, Lincoln still had not filled theposition, and many thought Browning was still in therunning. Lincoln did not decide to appoint David Davis untilJuly, and Browning had already turned to the right by thattime. Politically, Browning became increasingly disaffectedfrom the administration. There was much doubt by 1864 thathe would support Lincolns reelection. Browning told a friendin September that he had never . . been able to persuademyself that he [Lincoln] was big enough for his position. Noone knows how he voted in November. Brownings Civil Warpolitics are an enigma to this day. j :V r. From the Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum FIGURE 2. Orville Hickman Browning remained per-sonally friendly to Lincoln even after their politicaldisagreements. Gustave Koerner, a fellow IllinoisRepublican, always remembered Browningsconspicuous . . ruffled shirt and large cuffs. Theirrelations were pleasant enough, but Koerner wouldhave liked him better if he had been a little lessconscious of his own superiority.
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