But certainly as America moved from a frontier republic into, as we know, the world's greatest economic superpower, certainly you needed some kind of governing structure. And so Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s believed sincerely that the majority of Americans then were rural, they were agriculture related, and that they needed representation here in Washington. So the People's Department was formed and this building was built in the early 1900s, 1920s, and here we are today. Now, through the years, as you mentioned, it has grown and grown and grown. (05:03–05:16)
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Asserts that Abraham Lincoln believed most Americans in the 1860s were rural and agriculture-related, necessitating representation in Washington.
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