Lincoln and other candidates make closing speeches of campaign. Stephen T. Logan recalled that Lincoln spoke in old court house in Springfield. "He was," says Logan, "a very tall and gawky and rough looking fellow then—his pantaloons didn't meet his shoes by six inches. But after he began speaking I became very much interested in him. He made a very sensible speech . . . attacking Benton's theory [of gold circulation] and I thought he did it very well."ISLA—Bulletin, No. 12.

Lincoln is defeated in his first campaign for legislature, running eighth in field of 13 candidates. He receives 277 of 290 votes cast [viva voce] for representatives in New Salem precinct. John T. Stuart receives 182, second highest vote. Lincoln receives 657 votes in Sangamon County. Four candidates elected are Edmund D. Taylor, John T. Stuart, Achilles Morris, and Peter Cartwright. George Forquer defeats William F. Elkin, 1086 to 1077, for senator from Sangamon. Ida M. Tarbell, "Abraham Lincoln," McClure's Magazine 6 (January 1896): 136; Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 11 August 1832, 3:2; Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 5; Thomas, Lincoln's New Salem, 59-60.