Joseph Medill Quotes
If you can throw the Ohio delegation to Lincoln, Chase can have anything he wants.
In the Republican convention of 1860, William H. Seward lead Abraham Lincoln for the presidential nomination on the first two ballots. The third ballot showed that Lincoln only one and a half votes short of a majority. Salmon P. Chase was the governor of Ohio and its delegation was chaired by D. K. Cartter. Joseph Medill was Lincoln's "floor manager" and said to Cartter:. The Ohio delegation changed three votes, putting Lincoln over the top. Lincoln had told Medill and others to make no bargains in his name and stated he would not honor such. Lincoln was nominated and elected. He appointed Salmon P. Chase to the U. S. Supreme Court.
Joseph Medill, 1823-1899, Newspaper Publisher and Abraham Lincoln campaign aide, Remark to D. K. Cartter, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1860
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Joseph Medill was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and he was Mayor of Chicago from after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 until 1873.
