Lincoln Dinner

78th Annual Watchorn Lincoln Dinner
Past Lincoln Dinner Speakers
 

Dr. Ernest Carroll Moore (Day)               1932

Rev. Lewis Jacobsen (Day)                   1933

Bishop Charles E. Locke (Day)               1934

Dr. Earl Cranston, (Day)                         1935

Dr. John Wesley Hill,  (Day)                     1936       

Judge Edgar Sullivan Vaught(Day)         1937

Dr. Rufus B. Von Klein Smid (Day)          1938

Dr. Elam J. Anderson (Day)                    1939

No dinner                                                1940

Dr. Neal Klausner & James Musatti         1941

Rev. Clark Breeze                                  1942

Rev. William D. Pratt                               1943

Rev. Paul L. Sturges &

Prof. Earl Cranston                                  1944

Dr. Louis A. Warren                                1945

Dr. George Armacost                              1946

No dinner/speaker unknown                   1947

Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul                       1948

No dinner/speaker unknown                   1949

“          “               “                                 1950

“           “              “                                 1951

Dr. James Monighan,                              1952       

Prof. Merrell Gage                                   1953

Dr. Louis Warren                                    1954

Ralph G. Lindstrom                                 1955

Paul Smith                                               1956

Winslow S. Drummond                           1957

Rev. Franklin Greene                             1958

Carl Sandburg                                        1959

Dr. Arthur R. Kooker                              1960

Dr. Frederick Hard                                  1961

Play “This Union Under God”

by Dr. Albert Johnson                            1962

James W. Van Leuven                          1963

Rev. Harry Suttner                                1964       

Dr. Harry Jaffa                                       1965

Hon. John Lodge                                   1966

Dr. Carl Haverlin                                    1967

E. B. Long                                              1968

Phillip Van Doren                                   1969

Dr. Lee Tinnin                                        1970
Dr. W. McKee Evans                             1971

No dinner/speaker unknown                  1972

Dr. Ralph H. Didier                                   1973

Frances E. Willis                                    1974

Hon. John Harmer                                   1975

Mort R. Lewis                                        1976

Norman Corwin                                      1977

Linda Levitt Turner                                 1978

David H. Miller                                        1979

William Hanchett                                    1980

Dr. Larry E. Burgess                             1981

Dr. Mark E. Neely, Jr                              1982

Dr. Don E. Fehrenbacher,                      1983

Paul M. Zall                                            1984

Dr. Andrew Rolle                                  1985

Prof. Paul J. Beaver                              1986       

Harold Holzer                                        1987

Dr. Hans Trefousse                              1988

Dr. Gabor Boritt                                    1989

Jean Baker                                            1990

Dr. Richard N. Current                          1991

Ronald D. Rietveld,                                1992

James M. McPherson                           1993

Dr. Charles B. Strozier                         1994

Dr. John Y. Simon                                1995

David E. Long                                       1996

Dr. Michael Burlingame                         1997

Dr. Phillip S. Paludan                             1998

Dr. Douglas L. Wilson                           1999

Hon. Frank J. Williams                           2000

Dr. Edna Greene Medford                     2001

Mark Reinhart                                       2002

Dr. Ronald White Jr                               2003

Tom Turner                                           2004

William C. Davis                                    2005

Ed Bearss                                             2006

Allen Guelzo                                         2007

Matthew Pinsker                                   2008

Gerald Prokopowicz                             2009

Jason Emmerson to Speak at Lincoln Dinner 
Jason Emerson is an independent historian and freelance writer living in Cazenovia, NY.

He has published
numerous
articles and book reviews in both scholarly and popular publications, links to some of which can be found on his page, www.jasonemerson.com

He has worked as a National Park Service park ranger at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Gettysburg National Military Park, and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (the Arch) in St. Louis; a costumed interpreter at the Genesee Country Museum in Mumford, NY, a professional journalist, and a freelance writer.