This video is sponsored by Celebstory.com Newly elected Lincoln’s selection for his cabinet showed his ability to look beyond politics, and these selections would greatly benefit him during his first term.
They included many of his political rivals, including William Seward as Secretary of State; Salmon P.
Chase as Secretary of the Treasury who was instrumental in establishing the national banking system and issuing paper currency, and later the chief Supreme Court justice, Edward Bates as Attorney General, and Simon Cameron as Secretary of War.
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