William Herndon

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William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.

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Generate an image of William Herndon (William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.)

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William H. Herndon 6
William Herndon canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographer ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn 19th-century American law ⓘ
19th-century American politics ⓘ
archiveContains Herndon-Weik collection on Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
birthDate 1818-12-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Greensburg, Kentucky ⓘ
coFounded Lincoln & Herndon law firm ⓘ
collected letters and reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
oral histories about Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1891-03-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
described Abraham Lincoln’s early life in Kentucky and Indiana ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln’s marriage and family life ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln’s personality ⓘ
educatedAt Illinois College ⓘ
familyName Herndon ⓘ
fieldOfWork biographical writing ⓘ
history ⓘ
law ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasNotableStudentOrAssociate Jesse W. Weik ⓘ
influenced later Lincoln biographers ⓘ
knownFor being Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner ⓘ
being one of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest biographers ⓘ
preserving key insights into Abraham Lincoln’s life and character ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
lawPartnerOf Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
name William Herndon ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Herndon’s Life of Lincoln ⓘ
Herndon’s Lincoln ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
partner Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
politicalAlignment Republican ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

abolitionist ⓘ
position junior partner in Lincoln & Herndon ⓘ
residence Springfield, Illinois ⓘ
spouse Mary Maxcy Herndon ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly studies on Lincoln’s early biographers ⓘ
workedWith Abraham Lincoln ⓘ

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Oak Ridge Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → William Herndon ⓘ
William Herndon → name → William Herndon ⓘ
Illinois College → hasAlumni → William Herndon ⓘ
Lincoln & Herndon → partner → William H. Herndon ⓘ
subject linked to: Lincoln & Herndon law firm
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Herndon’s Lincoln → author → William H. Herndon ⓘ
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Herndon’s Life of Lincoln → author → William H. Herndon ⓘ
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Mary Maxcy Herndon → spouse → William H. Herndon ⓘ
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Jesse W. Weik → coAuthorWith → William H. Herndon ⓘ
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Jesse W. Weik → notableAssociatedPerson → William H. Herndon ⓘ
linked to: William Herndon