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Lewis Lehrman

Lewis E. "Lew" Lehrman (born August 15, 1938) is an American investment banker, businessman, politician, economist, and historian who supports the ongoing study of American history based on original source documents. He was presented the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005 for his contributions to American history, the study of President Abraham Lincoln, and monetary policy. In 1982, Lehrman ran for Governor of New York against Democratic candidate Mario Cuomo, ultimately losing the election by two percentage points.

Lehrman was a member of the advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Lincoln Forum and authored ''Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point'' (2008), ''Lincoln "by littles'' (2013), ''Churchill, Roosevelt & Company'' (2017), and ''Lincoln & Churchill: Statesmen at War'' (2018). His works on monetary policy include ''True Gold Standard, Newly Revised and Enlarged, Second Edition'' (2012), ''Money, Gold, and History'' (2013), and (as co-author) ''Money and the Coming World Order'' (1976) and ''The Case for Gold'' (1982).

Lehrman writes for the ''Lincoln Institute'' which has created websites on the 16th president. He is a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman & Co., an investment firm he established in 1981. He is also the chairman of the Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant making foundation founded in 1972.

On November 10, 2005, Lehrman and Richard Gilder were awarded the National Humanities Medal in an Oval Office ceremony by U.S. president George W. Bush. Lehrman is a convert to Catholicism. Provided by Wikipedia