A man’s past history.
1856. A candidate must have a slim record in these times.—Horace Greeley, Speech on Lincoln, March 20. (N.E.D.)
1863. I do not propose to-day to go over my record. It has been been made before the country and the world; there let it stand. So far as my loyalty and devotion to this country are concerned, I doubt if any man ever seriously attempted to cast suspicion on them.—Mr. Zachariah Chandler of Mich., U.S. Senate, Feb. 13: Cong. Globe, p. 935/2.
