WILLIAM H. HERNDON

Historians have different as to the extent of Lincoln’s religiosity. He was a deist but did not involve himself as a parishioner in any organized church. There are those who believe that once into the Presidency, in order to garner support he concealed his true feelings about organized religion. See {586289} for example. Others take him literally at his word in his more religious statements.

Herndon was a close friend and law partner of Lincoln's

Historians have different as to the extent of Lincoln’s religiosity. He was a deist but did not involve himself as a parishioner in any organized church. There are those who believe that once into the Presidency, in order to garner support he concealed his true feelings about organized religion. See {586289} for example. Others take him literally at his word in his more religious statements.

Herndon was a close friend and law partner of Lincoln's