On March 4, 1986, the air outside US Capitol was biting, a mist of disillusionment hanging forebodingly like smoke from wet ...

Abraham Lincoln is well-known for his extraordinary political career. Elected twice by the American public, Lincoln's ...

Remember, the election was about the very existence of our democracy, against the threat of “Hitler,” President Trump. As much as some folks may revile the results of these elections, from Lincoln’s ...

Dorothy McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her daughter’s home to share her talents with Heartland Hospice workers ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

Yet, Lincoln narrowly won the presidency in 1860, despite not taking a single Southern state. In the first three months after the contentious election, seven states in the South seceded from the ...

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hit swing states on Oct. 21 as part of their campaigns for the 2024 Election.

Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency in 1861. Hulton Archive / Getty Images America’s presidential election is still more than a month away. In the ...

Just a few days later, this initial Wide Awake club stood guard for Abraham Lincoln himself. News of this club spread quickly through the state of Connecticut in the spring of 1860.

In the election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party, Vice President and Southern Democratic Party candidate John Breckinridge, and ...

These successes buoyed Lincoln’s popularity and gave the lie to claims that only peace negotiations could end the war. And as we know now, Lincoln ended up winning the 1864 election.

The man compared the situation with the 1860 election, and said President Abraham Lincoln was removed from ballots. "The last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot was 1860," he said.