Is it true that Abraham Lincoln had an unusually high-pitched voice? Which ... trends now
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QUESTION Is it true that Abraham Lincoln had an unusually high-pitched voice? Which other figures from history had unusual voices?
U.S. journalist Horace White met Lincoln in 1854 and famously described him as having 'a thin tenor, or rather falsetto, voice, almost as high-pitched as a boatswain's whistle'.
A New York Herald article noted, in February 1860, that his voice had 'a frequent tendency to dwindle into a shrill and unpleasant sound'.
It proved a political advantage: his voice had 'much carrying power, that could be heard a long distance in spite of the bustle and tumult of a crowd'.
Abraham Lincoln (pictured) was described as having 'a thin tenor, or rather falsetto' voice
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