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"Mr. President, I wish you to remember that General Jackson is dead, sir."

— Stephen A. Douglas

January 1, 1970

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Political leaders White supremacists United States presidential candidates, 1860 United States presidential candidates, 1856

Original Language: English

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The earliest version of this anecdote to be published publicly was in a column by Republican journalist Henry Jarvis Raymond for The New York Times, March 26, 1858. In July 1860, Douglas described a different version of the December 3 meeting in which he said Buchanan told him "that if I did not obey him and vote to force that Lecompton Constitution on the people of Kansas against their will, that he would take off the head of every friend that I had in office", an accusation that Buchanan denie

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The earliest version of this anecdote to be published publicly was in a column by Republican journalist Henry Jarvis Raymond for The New York Times, March 26, 1858. In July 1860, Douglas described a different version of the December 3 meeting in which he said Buchanan told him "that if I did not obey him and vote to force that Lecompton Constitution on the people of Kansas against their will, that he would take off the head of every friend that I had in office", an accusation that Buchanan denie