Usher Ferguson Linder (March 20, 1809 – June 5, 1876) served as Illinois Attorney General from 1837 until 1839.
[1] Usher F. Linder was a member of the generation of pioneer Kentuckians who moved to the frontier state of Illinois because of its opportunities in the making of a career.
Moving to the new Prairie State in 1835, Linder settled in Coles County and was admitted to the bar.
The pro-slavery Linder opposed many of Lincoln's political views, as he was a member of the Illinois Democratic Party prior to 1839 and again after 1854.
Young Daniel appeared under guard and was granted a note that instructed him to take an oath of allegiance to the United States and released him to the custody of his father.
In his later years he wrote a slim volume of memoirs, Reminiscences of the Early Bench and Bar of Illinois.