| Saturday, December 4, 1847.Washington, DC. | Lincoln attends evening Whig caucus which nominates Winthrop of
Massachusetts for speaker, Sargent of Pennsylvania for sergeant-at-arms, Horner of New
Jersey for doorkeeper, and McCormick of District of Columbia for postmaster.Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Herndon, 5 December 1847, CW, 1:416-17. |