SUSSEX COUNTY -- With its unusual twists and turns, the 2016 presidential election will undoubtedly be recorded in future history books as "that election." In Sussex County, however, the 1868 ...

The successful presidential campaign of Republican Abraham Lincoln perfected the nighttime torchlight parade as an entertainment of unprecedented scale that attracted the attention of men, women, and ...

In 1868, Black Suffrage Was on the Ballot Every election season in the United States revolves around a set of issues—health care, foreign affairs, the economy. In 1868, at the height of the ...

CHICAGO.; The Presidential Campaign-Earnest and Effective Work-A Flank Movement by Gen. Grant-The " Tanners" at Work - Brilliant Prospects. Sept. 3, 1868 The New York Times Archives See the ...

Here's a terrific visualization Pete Warden at OpenHeatMap of how the Democratic presidential nominee fared in every state in every presidential election from 1868 to 2008. And it takes only 19 ...