Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1809. His family moved to Indiana in 1816, and Lincoln lived there the rest of his youth. His mother died from a milk sickness when he was 9 ...

There’s little doubt that Abraham Lincoln was one of the most influential and important leaders ever elected to the White House. Yet his rise from obscurity to president wasn’t all on the up and up.

Yet his rise from obscurity to president wasn’t all on the up and up. Getting the Republican Party’s nomination in 1860 and then defeating Democrat Stephen Douglas involved some sly political moves by ...