![]() ![]() The problem with this interpretation is that the metamorphosis of Lincoln to Machiavellian master of men that Goodwin presupposes did not in fact occur overnight only as he approached the grim reality of his presidency. This is the "team of rivals" Goodwin's title refers to. Chase, who signed on as secretary of the treasury and later was nominated by Lincoln to be chief justice of the Supreme Court and Missouri's "distinguished elder statesman" Edward Bates, who served as attorney general. Seward, who became secretary of state Ohio senator Salmon P. The three were New York senator William H. Goodwin marvels at Lincoln's ability to co-opt three better-born, better-educated rivals-each of whom had challenged Lincoln for the 1860 Republican nomination. ) seeks to illuminate what she interprets as a miraculous event: Lincoln's smooth (and, in her view, rather sudden) transition from underwhelming one-term congressman and prairie lawyer to robust chief executive during a time of crisis. Pulitzer Prize–winner Goodwin ( No Ordinary Time ![]()
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