A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...

When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

In a time of tense partisan clashes, Capitol Hill has a trusted leader in Jane L. Campbell, president and CEO of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Campbell's focus is far from skirmishes but rather ...

Before they got to the White House, these future presidents worked as lawyers, journalists, and businessmen.

After he was elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was faced with filling patronage positions in the Washington Territory. Just eight years old, the Washington Territory needed territorial suprem ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, ... While campaigning for re-election during his first term, ...

1 of 7 | Tourists gather to take pictures at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on October 12, 2024. On November 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second ...

Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency in 1861. Hulton Archive / Getty Images. America’s presidential election is still more than a month away.

The man compared the situation with the 1860 election, and said President Abraham Lincoln was removed from ballots. "The last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot was 1860," he said.

The claim: 10 states removed Abraham Lincoln from the ballot in the 1860 presidential election. A Dec. 21, 2023, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of President Abraham ...

In 1864, Lincoln won Illinois and the presidential election. There were many reasons for this, but one may have been his deliberate appeals to voters who seemed beyond reach.

Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States in the Election of 1864, including , clockwise from center left: Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, George H. Pendleton and Andrew ...