Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...

Only one presidential election has provoked civil war — at least until now We've had lots of contentious elections. But the only one to literally split the country apart came in 1860 ...

An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the secession of several states, and the Civil War.

The pandemic has put us in the habit of adding the word "unprecedented" to everything. But next week's contentious, life-altering and sure-to-be-ugly election is not unprecedented when it comes to ...

"On November 6, 1860, voters went to the ballot box to cast their votes for President of the United States," notes an article at the website history.com. "Lincoln won the election in an electoral ...

Elections are lost. In 1860, the Democrats had most things going for them and they lost it by splitting. The anti-slavery people probably had the election in 1856, ...

Author and history professor Rachel Shelden discussed the campaigns for the presidential nominees in the 1860 election. Report Video Issue Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos.

Less than 48 hours after the election results came in, thousands gathered to vow resistance. In downtown Savannah, Ga., on Nov. 8, 1860, under a huge flag inscribed with the motto “DON’T TREAD ...

Lincoln, of course, won that 1860 election when he cobbled together 180 electoral votes even though he lost the popular vote in a four-way race in which North-South geography was critically important.

During the election year of 1860, a group of young men sought change. They identified themselves as “Wide Awakes.” In the collections of Pamplin Historical Park and the National Museum of the Civil ...

Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...