Honest Abe, Bartender?
Recently, blogs have uncovered Abe Lincoln's days as a bartender. But Honest Abe himself denied it in a debate with Stephen Douglas in 1858. Was Abe not so honest after all? Lincoln did own a store with a partner, William Berry, and such stores sold liquor to be taken off premises. To sell drinks consumed on site, a license was necessary, and Berry did obtain one in both their names. Lincoln got out of the business weeks later, local lore says, because of differences with his partner over alcohol. Berry was a known alcoholic, and Lincoln himself was more interested in reading than operating the store.
When Berry died two years later with his store deep in debt, Lincoln took it on and spent the next 15 years paying it off.
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