That Time Abe Lincoln Trolled His Way Into a Real-life Duel
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The Meanest Thing I Ever Did in My Life
Lincoln asked Mary Todd, who later became his wife, never to speak about it. He would go on to describe it once as "the meanest thing I ever did in my life" It's blocked by the then Republican controlled Senate. But symbolically, it did the job.
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