Abraham Lincoln is often ranked ... Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 without carrying any Southern states, and politicians from the region immediately ...

Abraham Lincoln’s legacy survives in Kansas ... owned by the descendants of the young girl who persuaded Lincoln to grow a beard. In adulthood, the girl moved to Kansas and married a banker.

In addition to being president, Abraham Lincoln was the post ... with his presidential powers, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, which prevents the government from holding citizens without trial.