Abraham Lincoln At The Statehouse

From its earliest days, the sheer size and large population of the state have given Ohio great political influence. Because of the state's political stature, the Ohio Statehouse has been visited by a number of dignitaries, including Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was at the Statehouse three times, and those three occasions were very different, and public reaction was so different on each visit it was almost as if three separate people were the object of attention. In a way that is true, if one considers what Lincoln would accomplish between his first and last visitation, and how his reputation with the American people would change.