An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected ...

The Conversation reports on the debate over whether a president's moral character is essential for effective governance, ...

This little-known 1860 photograph offers a revelatory, full-length view of Lincoln from before he was elected president.

A new book examines the 16th president's life through the battle royale of Illinois partisan politics. It's ugly — and familiar.

From nail-biting elections to would-be assassinations, American history is full of presidential what-ifs. Here are 10 of the ...

An assassin’s bullet that night put Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee in the White House as his successor, thwarting ...

How do Americans feel about current and past U.S. presidents? Poll shows how Americans rate Donald Trump, Barack Obama and ...

For America to be bereft of Lincoln’s leadership in the wake of the civil war, which had effectively ended with Robert E. Lee ...

Iran announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the 1980s on Tuesday, amid a US ...

In his younger years, Lincoln was a skeptic. But as he aged, he turned toward biblical wisdom—and not only when in the public eye.

"The momentum from WELL reaching 105 million square meters (1.14 billion square feet) across the EMEA region is a powerful springboard for 2026. This year IWBI EMEA will shift from scale to ...

Andrew Johnson was impeached 158 years ago after angering Republicans in Congress and has, so far, been the only only US ...