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William Henry Herndon (December 25, 1818 – March 18, 1891) was a law partner and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. He was an early member of the new Republican Party and was elected mayor of Springfield, Illinois .
William H. Herndon (1819-1891) Lincoln and Herndon’s Law Office, 1860. “Mr. Lincoln was the most generous, forebearing, and charitable man I ever knew,” said William H. Herndon. 1 Herndon was the third and last law partner to Abraham Lincoln after partnership with Stephen Logan was dissolved in 1844. Mr.
14. Apr. 2015 · William Herndon, Lincoln’s law partner in Springfield, spent 16 years by his side but later observed that Lincoln was the most “shut-mouthed man who ever lived.” Even Lincoln conceded the ...
1. Mai 2000 · William H. Herndon, Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer, made a record of "secret and privatethings" about Lincoln in two memorandum books that long ago disappeared.
Abraham Lincoln and William H. Herndon. William H. Herndon: “was about five feet nine inches in height and well proportioned; his movements were swift; he was a rapid thinker, writer and speaker, and usually reached his conclusions quickly and expressed them forcibly and positively,” wrote Charles Zane, who became Herndon’s law partner ...
In Abraham Lincoln: Reputation and character of Abraham Lincoln. …was his former law partner William Herndon. When Lincoln died, Herndon began a new career as Lincoln authority, collecting reminiscences wherever he could find them and adding his own store of memories.
Abraham Lincoln and William Herndon opened their law offices in late 1844 and maintained their partnership until Lincoln’s election in 1860. Following Lincoln’s assassination, Herndon began the process of researching and writing a biography of his friend.
