On April 11, 1865, the president delivered a speech on Reconstruction from a White House window. In the speech, Lincoln declared that the time had come to give voting rights to African-Americans ...

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years ago. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We’re a ...

Cheney hints at White House run by invoking presidents Lincoln and Grant in her concession speech. Cheney says Abraham Lincoln lost Senate and House elections before becoming president ...