<p>Jack Furniss, historian of Civil War era party politics, discusses why Maine Republican Hannibal Hamlin made an attractive vice president for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, why he was dropped from the ticket in 1864, and what a Hamlin administration might have looked like.</p>

Jack Furniss, historian of Civil War era party politics, discusses why Maine Republican Hannibal Hamlin made an attractive vice president for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, why he was dropped from the ticket in 1864, and what a Hamlin administration might have looked like.

Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's First Vice President with Jack Furniss

Unscripted conversations about Maine and New England history. Join Ian Saxine and Tiffany Link as they speak with writers, curators, and other knowledgeable guests, connecting colorful local stories to big ideas.

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Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's First Vice President with Jack Furniss

Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln's First Vice President with Jack Furniss