In contrast to other portraits statue of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, many of which emphasize the burdens of leadership during war and crisis, this statue depicts a young Lincoln in work clothes, sleeves rolled up and ax in hand. A poor man’s son from Kentucky, Lincoln described, in autobiographical writings, his experiences as a hired laborer who mauled rails and worked on a flatboat before he entered politics. A powerful symbol of upward mobility, rising from a log cabin to the White House, Lincoln’s own life story contributed to his opposition to slavery since slaves were in a lifelong condition of bondage that did not allow for such any such improvement in their lives.
"On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected sixteenth president of the United States. He won as “The Railsplitter” candidate, a nickname acquired the previous May when Illinois Republicans convened at Decatur to endorse a favorite son for president.
"Lincoln was the likely choice but his supporters felt he needed a catchier nickname than “Old Abe” or “Honest Abe.” Thus, Richard J. Oglesby and John Hanks, a first cousin of Lincoln’s mother, located a split-rail fence supposedly built by Lincoln in 1830. When they walked into the hall carrying two of the rails—decorated with flags, streamers, and a sign that read, “Abraham Lincoln/The Rail Candidate”—the crowd went wild.
"Although Lincoln claimed he could not say for certain that he had split those particular rails, he said that “he had mauled many and many better ones since he had grown to manhood.” By now, Lincoln was a prominent lawyer, not a backwoodsman. But, he had split rails in his youth, and the image held enormous appeal to voters (all male) who shared similar backgrounds and cultural beliefs about the merits of hard work and self-reliance.
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