Lincoln did in fact make the youngish – and little-known - James Ashley of Ohio the floor manager in charge of lining up the votes needed to pass the 13th Amendment.
The movie doesn’t show it, but Ashley was a gifted wire-puller who did in fact get the job done. On the other hand it’s hard to escape the conclusion that if the effort failed Ashley would have ended up taking the heat. Lincoln was a master wire-puller!
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