Did Abraham Lincoln hate Thomas Jefferson?

“Mr. Lincoln hated Thomas Jefferson as a man,” wrote William Henry Herndon, Lincoln's law partner of 14 years — and “as a politician.” Especially after Lincoln read Theodore F. Dwight's sensational, slash-all biography of Jefferson in 1839, Herndon believed “Mr. read more

(Jefferson died when Lincoln was 17, so while Lincoln had heard of Jefferson, the reverse was most certainly not true.) As a middle school teacher whose students are convinced all former Presidents were BFFs, I believe this point is worth clarifying, since the use of the word "hate" (for me) implies that there was a dislike of the men that was mutual and visceral. read more

“Mr. Lincoln hated Thomas Jefferson as a man,” wrote William Henry Herndon, Lincoln’s law partner of 14 years — and “as a politician.” Especially after Lincoln read Theodore F. Dwight’s sensational, slash-all biography of Jefferson in 1839, Herndon believed “Mr. read more

Trump went on to quote Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, who, in a correspondence with John Norvell, a future newspaper editor, wrote that “nothing can be believed which is seen in a newspaper. read more