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Direct linkDirck, Brian – Social Education, 2009
Abraham Lincoln was the most experienced trial lawyer Americans have ever placed in the White House. While more than half of the United State's presidents have been attorneys, none possessed Lincoln's extensive courtroom experience: approximately 3,800 known cases, litigated during a quarter century at the Illinois bar. However, the law's…
Descriptors: Presidents, Lawyers, United States History, History Instruction
