Campaign Abraham Lincoln became president at the age of 52. Though Lincoln was involved with the Whig Party (which was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his use of presidential power) earlier on his ...

Abraham Lincoln is often ranked as one of the United ... Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 without carrying any Southern states, and politicians from ...

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.

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 ...

Mounted cavalry troops lined the streets from the president-elect’s hotel to the Capitol, and sharpshooters stood on rooftops ...

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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 ...

Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer turned politician who won the presidential election in 1860. Abraham Lincoln was a staunch ...

The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum will host two lectures delving into the history of the Kutztown Folk Festival and Abraham ...

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.