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 ...

It's a good thing too, because Lincoln - running against three other candidates - won the 1860 Presidential Election with just 39% of the vote. Cornelius did the math and said that's happened 18 ...

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 ...

The South and the Presidential Election. Share full article. Oct. 31, 1860. ... See the article in its original context from October 31, 1860, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Incorporating 1789-2016 presidential election data from 270toWin, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections, and United States Election Project, Stacker ranked how close the electoral vote between the ...

During this year’s presidential contest, Abraham Lincoln’s name has been brandished by both candidates, but a recent discovery of rare documents at the Museum of Darien offers a true glimpse ...

Every Presidential election, from that of 1788 to that of 1860, found us a united people, ... The twentieth Presidential election finds us not only at war, ...

Of all the things Donald Trump has said during this campaign, many are calling his answer to a question last night the most shocking and threatens the legitimacy of our democracy.

The citizens of the United States have elected 44 presidents in 57 elections since the Constitution was adopted in 1789. Since the Civil War, presidential contests have been dominated by America's ...

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 ...

Of all the things Donald Trump has said during this campaign, many are calling his answer to a question last night the most shocking and threatens the legitimacy of our democracy.