On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -- an event that outraged southern states. The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many ...

he switched parties becoming the first Republican president of the United States. In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell ...

President Abraham Lincoln died in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, April 15, 1865, one day after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln, who was elected president in 1860, was ...

with a picture of Abraham Lincoln National Portrait Gallery Abraham Lincoln National Museum of American History Lincoln Parade Axe, 1860 National Museum of American History Abraham Lincoln's Patent ...

America’s presidential election is still more than a month ... the life and legacy of the country’s 16th president: Abraham Lincoln. A new exhibition—“Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print ...

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