For dramatic effect, such poetic license is fine in such a movie, according to Foner.

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Columbia University historian Eric Foner said the evident discrepancy in the film is not a first.

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Columbia University history professor Eric Foner, also a Lincoln scholar, has said people should take a step back from the comparisons.

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Foner, author of the new book "Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World, " said Lincoln is simply "a Rorschach test" for all politicians.

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Columbia University historian Eric Foner said the voting in the film is not the only discrepancy, but for dramatic effect, some poetic license is fine in such a movie.

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Lea, Mick Betancourt, Mark Gunn (inc.), Erich Hoeber, Erica Montolfo, Matt Pyken, Naomi Foner, Karen Harris (inc.), Kathy Kiernan (inc.), Christopher Keyser, Steve Skrovan, Matthew Weiner. (inc. means incumbent, and the order of the list was determined by lot).

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