True to his record, Lincoln professed to friends in 1861 to be "an old line Whig, a disciple of Henry Clay".
tɹˈuː tə hɪz ɹˈɛkɚd, lˈɪŋkən pɹəfˈɛst tə fɹˈɛndz ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn tə bˈiː "ɐn ˈoʊld lˈaɪn wˈɪɡ, ɐ dɪsˈaɪpəl ʌv hˈɛnɹi klˈeɪ".