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Abraham Lincoln was vilified during his time in office, as evidenced by this cartoon about his first election. Of course, many might draw the same conclusion about today's Republican Party. Few would ...

LINCOLN -- The Lincoln Heritage Museum is hosting "Looking at Lincoln: Cartoons from the Civil War Era," sponsored by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The exhibit will be at the museum ...