Lincoln · written by Tony Kushner · 2012

Latham begins naming the more promising Democrats the operatives are pursuing.

Scene 24 of 102 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Richard Schell
Robert Latham

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Begins 43 min into a 2:06 film

The story so farBefore scene 24

In the final winter of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln risks a fragile coalition and the chance of an early peace to force an amendment abolishing slavery through a divided House of Representatives.

Scenes 1–7
The reelected president balances military command, popular affection and a household wounded by grief.
Scenes 8–13
Lincoln needs a durable constitutional abolition measure and commits to passing it before the term ends.
Scenes 14–16
Radical allies and discreet patronage operatives join the campaign as the amendment enters House debate.
Scene 17
Robert returns, bringing the family's private struggle over his enlistment into Lincoln's public campaign.
Just before
Scene 21
Bilbo pitches LeClerk and Hawkins; LeClerk throws beer in his face and storms away.
Scene 22
The operatives tell Seward that thirty-nine lame-duck Democrats are beyond persuasion.
Scene 23
A grieving Hutton slams the door on Schell's offer of a government job.
Scene 24
This scene

24INT. THE ROOM IN THE ST. CHARLES HOTEL - NIGHT

RICHARD SCHELL

The remaining lame ducks, on whom

we've been working with a purpose -

Schell hands Latham a stack of folded prospectuses, each with a name scrawled on it.

ROBERT LATHAM

Charles Hanson.