President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

Historians consistently rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest U.S. president. Without his leadership and political brilliance, ...

Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...

The president-elect eschewed the star-spangled “Trump Bible” in favor of volumes with personal and national history.

who was Abraham Lincoln’s mother. Lucy lived to be 104 years old, and was much celebrated in Viroqua for her age and experiences. Area resident William Tenney witnessed Lincoln’s assassination.

He had learned these verses by heart; the tones of his mother’s voice was in them” (Abraham Lincoln; The Prairie Years). To Joshua Speed he once said, “I am profitably engaged in reading the ...

In a legal career that spanned nearly a quarter century, Abraham Lincoln accepted all types of ... for by the 1870 Census he was not living with his mother and stepfather. Mary Jane passed away ...

Trump had chosen the Bible the 16th President Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on and one given to Trump by his mother, his transition team said.

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything ... Loss haunted Mary's life starting at the age of six, when her mother died. After Mary's father remarried and sired nine children with ...

Marking this moment with my mother's Bible honors her legacy and ... a velvet-bound artifact first used in 1861 to inaugurate Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States.