Peter Cartwright was an American Methodist and revivalist preacher in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start America's Second
American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, Peter Cartwright
Cartwright's tombstone, in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois
Circuit rider (religious)
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Circuit riders, also known as horse preachers, were clergy assigned to travel around specific geographic territories to minister to settlers and organize congregations. Circuit riders were clergy in t
Peter Cartwright (revivalist)
…the Illinois General Assembly in 1828 and 1832. In 1846 Abraham Lincoln defeated Cartwright for a seat in the United States Congress. As a Methodist circuit rider, Cartwright rode circuits in Kentucky and Illinois, as well as Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio. His Autobiography (1856) made him nationally prominent…
Portrait of Governor Brownlow by George Dury