Nov. 8 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five months later. In 1889, Montana was ...

The election of Lincoln prompted the South to begin to withdraw ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846. As a Congressman, he criticized the United States' participation in the Mexican War. Still, he worked to help Zachary Taylor, a hero of ...

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...

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“Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print” is on view through December 28—running more than a month before and after the presidential election on November 5. That timing was intentional: Rubenstei ...

With the election of new members this year ... It was established in 1863 by a congressional act of incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln that calls on the Academy to act as an official adviser to ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a ... elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself.