In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

For almost a century, Lincoln Motor Company paid homage to our 16th president in name only – hoping the mere mention of the man who saved the Union and abolished slavery would somehow cast an aura of ...

In a quiet testament to his friend, Abraham Linc personally handled William Johnson's wages and paid for his coffin.

On Nov 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. And the rest is history.

A rare Lincoln letter at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows how race shaped early White House life and presidential power.

America's conflicted history over its treatment of immigrants and what President Lincoln might say about today's immigration ...