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 ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Two years later, in 1860, Lincoln was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Thanks to a deeply divided opposition ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the ...

Facing the crisis of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln drew on religious feeling to help galvanize the North—and to bolster his ...

A new exhibition—“Abraham Lincoln ... pamphlets, election ballots, political songsters and more. Also on view are printings ...

President Abraham Lincoln ... "He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for president in 1860," said the White ...

Public DomainA late 19th-century illustration of Abraham ... praised Lincoln’s abilities, he also insulted him as an “Abolitionist Black Republican.” Lincoln lost the election, but when ...

The film outlines the early years of the American Civil War, starting with Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 and the subsequent secession of Southern states. It details the formation of the ...