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William C. Harris. Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, Pp. xii, pp.
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Waugh. One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to the Civil War. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, Pp.

There was little in Abraham Lincoln's brief congressional career that distinguished him as a politician bound for greatness.

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TEAM OF RIVALS The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.

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As William C. Harris observes in his new book, Lincoln's Rise to the Presidency, after Lincoln's single term in the U.S. House of Representatives ended in , he "seemed destined for political obscurity" (57). Despite being an early and enthusiastic supporter of Zachary Taylor's presidential candidacy, Lincoln was disappointed by his lack of influence when the new administration began distributing the patronage.

No one, including Lincoln, could have imagined that in twelve years he would be inaugurated as president during the greatest crisis in the history of the republic. How was Lincoln able to go from a Whig lawyer virtually unknown outside of Ill