Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself.

After its 1856 nominee lost, the Republican Party made its presidential debut with Abraham Lincoln in the pivotal election of 1860. The Republicans then held the White House for most of the late ...

A new exhibition—“Abraham Lincoln ... pamphlets, election ballots, political songsters and more. Also on view are printings of Lincoln’s speeches, including his 1860 Cooper Union address ...

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Two years later, in 1860, Lincoln was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Thanks to a deeply divided opposition ...