user: You are a structured reasoning expert tasked with solving problems step by step. 
You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the answer. The reasoning process and answer should be enclosed within <think> </think> and <answer> </answer> tags, respectively, i.e., <think> reasoning process here </think> <answer> answer here </answer>. 
Given a question and the associated knowledge graph triplets (entity, relation, entity), you are asked to answer the question with these triplets and your own knowledge. 
You can break down the original question into several sub-questions and explore the given knowledge graph to solve them step-by-step. If there are multiple possible answers, choose one as the final answer. 
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Question: Who held a position in the Illinois House of Representatives and was also the influence behind Whitman's poetry? 
Knowledge Triplets: m.052m6bz, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Oton Župančič, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Johannes V. Jensen
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Cabrera
Robert Owen, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ezra Pound
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Diane Wakoski
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harry Northup
Galway Kinnell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0130k4tm, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
John Most, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Sherwood Anderson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
m.0ryd4t3, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Michael C. Ford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Wordsworth
m.03btdq_, influence.peer_relationship.peers, Walt Whitman
He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He inspired Darrow.
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Neal Cassady
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Oscar Wilde, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
John Dewey, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, T. S. Eliot
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
John Green, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.03lwzxz, common.webpage.topic, Illinois House of Representatives
m.0_s_m2p, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Member of Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.notable_types, Government Office or Title
John Ruskin, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Oscar Wilde
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Gertrude Stein
clarence seward darrow inspired by walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, met
m.0wzq9mp, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Sherwood Anderson
William Wordsworth, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
David Biespiel, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Tristan Tzara
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Neal Cassady
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Federico García Lorca
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Éluard
Edgar Lee Masters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Cormac McCarthy, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
m.0_mxpg3, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Cunningham
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too., media_common.quotation.author, Walt Whitman
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Richard McCann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
m.0wzs_6j, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
m.0_lydt9, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
m.0wzs_6j, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.image, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Harold Bloom
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Vincent Louis Carrella
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
During the Civil War (1861-65), Whitman went to Fredericksburg after one of his brothers was wounded there., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Another poem in the third edition, \"Children of Adam\", was also considered scandalous because it celebrated love outside marriage.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Oliver
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.notable_types, Governmental Body
William Carlos Williams, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Paul Verlaine
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Schopenhauer
Illinois House of Representatives, business.employer.employees, m.07t6gt6
m.0bqspr2, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives, government.governmental_body.offices_positions, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Jack Kerouac, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Larry Heinemann, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Berryman
m.0130jvcf, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henry David Thoreau
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Robinson Jeffers, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Neal Cassady, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard McCann
m.0130lphz, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Ruskin
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jim Morrison
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Marcel Proust
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Sherwood Anderson
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Dos Passos
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Dylan Thomas
Philip Levine, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.052m6bz, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
m.0_mxpg3, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Langston Hughes, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0130khhd, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Taylor Mali
Neal Cassady, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Paul Éluard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Russell Banks, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Bob Dylan
Mary Hood, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jack Kerouac
m.010nnlj1, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Steinbeck
John Keats, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
William Faulkner, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
John Ruskin, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
John Dewey, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Benjamin Barber
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Faulkner
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
Felice Picano, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Langston Hughes
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Guy de Maupassant
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Arthur Rimbaud
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.webpage, m.03lwzxz
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Milton
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Garret Schuelke
m.05sslbx, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Henri Bergson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Member of Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.notable_for, g.125ft337z
Mary Oliver, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Pablo Neruda, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Dean Howells
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, He also contributed short stories and poems to literary journals.
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Abraham Lincoln
Jorge Luis Borges, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0_gt56s, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.notable_for, g.12590cbzp
m.0q39tz6, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
m.0bqspr2, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Michael McClure, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Most
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
m.0130kq8t, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
m.0130ld99, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Green
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Philip Levine
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Miguel de Cervantes
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
Robert Peters, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Luís de Camões
Illinois House of Representatives, government.governmental_body.members, m.0130ldky
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, John Ruskin
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Lowell
Frank Stanford, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Dean Howells
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Allen Ginsberg
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Abraham Lincoln
Aberjhani, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Charles Baudelaire, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Herman Melville
m.0zntc86, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
Vincent Louis Carrella, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Diane Wakoski, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Lowell
Harold Bloom, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence, He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people.
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hermann Hesse
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Pablo Neruda
walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, wrote poem about
Billy Childish, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Wallace Stevens
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0bqspr2, government.government_position_held.office_holder, Abraham Lincoln
m.0tjxjs8, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Galway Kinnell
D. H. Lawrence, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ernest Hemingway
Miguel de Cervantes, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Walter Lowenfels, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Fernando Pessoa, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Mary Hood
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Hart Crane
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Thomas Carlyle
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Edgar Lee Masters
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Carlos Williams
Joseph Campbell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
william dean howells met walt whitman, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, Howells made a brief visit to New York, where he was intrigued by the poet Whitman.
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Tristan Tzara, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0_lydt9, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
m.0ryd4t3, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Hart Crane, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Rimbaud
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, David Biespiel
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams.
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, D. H. Lawrence
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced, Garret Schuelke
Ezra Pound, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Illinois House of Representatives, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Illinois House of Representatives
walt whitman met william dean howells, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, William Dean Howells
Mark Twain, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walter Lowenfels
Walter Scott, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
m.011kxqgn, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Cormac McCarthy
Wallace Stevens, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robert Peters
John Dos Passos, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
m.0_gt56s, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
m.0130lwbg, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
John Steinbeck, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William Faulkner
Michael Cunningham, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0zntc86, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Thomas Carlyle, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Fernando Cabrera, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Russell Banks
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Michaelian
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, William Carlos Williams
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ernest Hemingway
m.0130l1mh, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
T. S. Eliot, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Robert Lowell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, John Berryman
James Broughton, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Billy Childish
Harry Northup, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Robinson Jeffers
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Marcel Proust
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
m.0130ldky, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Gertrude Stein
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Rorty
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
Illinois House of Representatives, government.governmental_body.members, m.0bqspr2
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ebenezer Howard
m.0_s_m2p, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
John Milton, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Walt Whitman, people.person.profession, Poet
m.0wzq9mp, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
m.011kxqgn, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
William Dean Howells, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Rorty, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Oton Župančič
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Aberjhani
m.05sslbx, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Neal Cassady
William Carlos Williams, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman influenced william carlos williams
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Edgar Allan Poe
Ernest Hemingway, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Mark Twain
m.0wzq9t2, government.government_position_held.office_position_or_title, Member of Illinois House of Representatives
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Edgar Allan Poe, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
m.0130kgzz, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Michael Pendragon, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Gertrude Stein, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
Illinois House of Representatives, government.governmental_body.members, m.0130khhd
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: II. Look Down, Fair Moon, music.composition.lyricist, Walt Whitman
walt whitman influenced william carlos williams, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation, influenced
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, William S. Burroughs
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
m.0zntc86, government.government_position_held.district_represented, Illinois House of Representatives, District 106
Walt Whitman, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, The content of his poetry was equally controversial.
Illinois House of Representatives, common.image.size, m.02dtb2t
walt whitman inspired by ralph waldo emerson, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence, He claimed transcendentalist Emerson's view of nature had inspired him, though Whitman's view was much more robust.
Johannes V. Jensen, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.010nnlj1, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Henry David Thoreau, influence.influence_node.influenced, Herman Melville
Bob Dylan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
m.0130lp5k, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Arthur Rimbaud, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Charles Baudelaire
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Ralph Ellison, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Henry David Thoreau
m.0q39tz6, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Brautigan, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Illinoiscapitol, common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery, Illinois House of Representatives
William S. Burroughs, influence.influence_node.influenced, Larry Heinemann
Allen Ginsberg, influence.influence_node.influenced, William S. Burroughs
Clarence Darrow, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences, Darrow was inspired Inspired by Walt Whitman and was a member of the Walt Whitman Fellowship in Chicago.
m.0wzq9t2, government.government_position_held.governmental_body, Illinois House of Representatives
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Richard Brautigan
walt whitman inspired clarence seward darrow, base.kwebbase.kwconnection.other, Clarence Darrow
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.image, Illinoiscapitol
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Charles Plymell
Hermann Hesse, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Arthur Schopenhauer
Taylor Mali, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Abraham Lincoln, influence.influence_node.influenced, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Fernando Pessoa
He influenced the work of  William Carlos Williams., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Five Poems of Walt Whitman: I. Sometimes With One I Love, music.composition.composer, Ned Rorem
Benjamin Barber, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Federico García Lorca, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael Pendragon
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Henri Bergson
Herman Melville, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Nathaniel Hawthorne
The content of his poetry was equally controversial., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic, Walt Whitman
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Felice Picano
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.peers, m.03btdq_
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walter Scott
Abraham Lincoln, base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to, walt whitman wrote poem about abraham lincoln
Ebenezer Howard, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael C. Ford
He developed a controversial free verse style that reflected the everyday speech of ordinary people., base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence, Between 1850-55, Whitman ran a printing shop and bookstore in Brooklyn and also speculated in real estate.
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Allen Ginsberg
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Frank Stanford
Illinois House of Representatives, common.topic.article, m.03j8g6
Charles Plymell, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Neal Cassady
Ralph Waldo Emerson, influence.influence_node.influenced, Ralph Ellison
Nathaniel Hawthorne, influence.influence_node.influenced, Jorge Luis Borges
Arthur Schopenhauer, influence.influence_node.influenced, Joseph Campbell
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, Michael McClure
John Berryman, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman, influence.influence_node.influenced, James Broughton
William Michaelian, influence.influence_node.influenced_by, Walt Whitman

Answer: Abraham Lincoln