A first-person account by a campaigner and later elector who recalls personal encounters with Abraham Lincoln and participation in his presidential campaigns. The memoir describes Lincoln's character and public reception in the East, the processes that produced his nominations and elections, the author's journey to the capital, campaign anecdotes, episodes from the wartime administration, and the renomination and 1864 contest. It combines reminiscence, political observation, and recollections of campaign organization and personalities.