you very much, wendy, i m and thank my name is michelle kroll, and i m the lincoln forum s secretary. and i m delighted to to introduce the speakers to conclude this session. we now turn our attention to the topic of lincoln and the democrats. let me briefly introduce the panelists before turning the program over to our moderator, jonathan white. so proceeding in alphabetical order, reg ankrom is the author of two of a projected three volume biography of democrats stephen a douglas, who played such a pivotal role in american history and in abraham lincoln s political life in illinois. it was through his interest in lincoln that and from discovered douglass, whose connection to his hometown of jacksonville, illinois, inspired him to take on douglass as a biographical subject. his first book, stephen a douglas the political apprenticeship, 1833 to 1843, received the illinois state historical society annual award for scholarship, and graham earned his bachelor s degree in englis
my name is michelle kroll, and i m the lincoln forum s secretary. and i m delighted to to introduce the speakers to conclude this session. we now turn our attention to the topic of lincoln and the democrats. let me briefly introduce the panelists before turning the program over to our moderator, jonathan white. so proceeding in alphabetical order, reg ankrom is the author of two of a projected three volume biography of democrats stephen a douglas, who played such a pivotal role in american history and in abraham lincoln s political life in illinois. it was through his interest in lincoln that and from discovered douglass, whose connection to his hometown of jacksonville, illinois, inspired him to take on douglass as a biographical subject. his first book, stephen a douglas the political apprenticeship, 1833 to 1843, received the illinois state historical society annual award for scholarship, and graham earned his bachelor s degree in english at illinois college in jacksonvill