They may not have been the most successful bids for election—and some definitely didn't stand the test of time—but these are certainly the funniest presidential campaign slogans ever created. Yes, we ...

Then, Lincoln received 5,128 votes, or 47%, in a four-way election. Lincoln easily carried the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its critical 26 electoral votes, taking 51.75% of the popular vote.

Ultimately, as many historians point out, Lincoln’s re-election was most likely ensured when General William T. Sherman and his armies, which included over 1,000 men from Syracuse in the NY ...

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 ...

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 ...

His talk, like his book, began with the evening of January 1, 1864, with Abraham Lincoln and his wife greeting over 6,000 well-wishers and fans to the East Wing of the White House.

Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat challenger Union Gen. George McLellan in the bitterly contested presidential election on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.

A letter by Lincoln on Executive Mansion stationery that demanded the resignation of the postmaster general before the 1864 election sold for $115,000 last year, while a one-sentence note calling ...

It was the summer of 1864, and Abraham Lincoln believed his campaign for re-election amid the Civil War was doomed: The president was to be defeated, his policies repudiated by the people, his ...

In his book, Jon Meacham aims to recraft a usable mythology of Abraham Lincoln for leaders in the 21st century, when dissension and talk of civil war have returned. (Salwan Georges/The Washington ...

We asked six historians from CNN’s new Original Series “Lincoln: Divided We Stand” to share the myths they’ve seen persist about Abraham Lincoln, and what they wish more Americans ...

That possibility is why I was thinking of Lincoln. His bid for a second term in 1864 was another election that could have turned American history in a far more frightening direction.