OBAMA'S CABINET: HISTORICAL REPEAT?; ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE TURNED TO A N.Y. SENATOR, AUBURN'S WILLIAM SEWARD.(Local)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | November 24, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Dan Thalkar Contributing writer

It was a tight race during a time of national crisis. It matched an unknown, upstart senator from Illinois and an experienced, nationally recognized New York senator.

The New York senator had a strong hold on Pennsylvania and much of New England, but was a polarizing figure. The Illinois senator surprisingly won the party's nomination and, eventually, the presidency. One of his first moves as president-elect was to appoint the one-time rival to be secretary of state.

If that sounds familiar, it should. It ...

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