Peter Cartwright
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Peter Cartwright was a Methodist, revivalist, preacher, in the Midwest. A Methodist missionary, he helped start America’s Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts. Opposed to slavery, Cartwright moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and was elected to the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly in 1828 and 1832. He was twice elected legislator in Illinois. 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.
Autobiography of Peter Cartwright,