If you enjoy history and would like to read about an individual theme or story. Contact Bob about sponsoring one at [email protected]. Eight! Often used as a testament to his persistence and ...

That kind of luck wouldn’t keep. The Daily Missouri Democrat was all for Abraham Lincoln, Republican for president. (In fine irony, the Missouri Republican newspaper backed Stephen Douglas, the ...

This past week, seven Democrat senators and an Independent senator joined all of the Republicans and voted to end the shutdown and put the government back to work. For that, they have been called ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and a future president of the United States, and David G. Farragut, the Navy’s first admiral, were among the pallbearers who ...

Obverse Image: Lincoln bust, left, within circle of thirty-two stars. Obverse Text: ABRAHAM LINCOLN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT / 1860 Reverse Image: Rail fence framing inscription; roosters, ...

WASHINGTON — For decades, Republican activists around the country could count on observing the same party tradition every year: rubber chicken breasts and a cash bar at an annual fund-raising dinner ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tim O'Neil Jun 14, 2014 Jun 14, 2014 0 Torchlight and trumpets filled the frenetic night of Nov. 5, 1860, eve of a fateful ...