Lincoln elected president, Nov. 6, 1860. ... On this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the presidency, defeating a divided Democratic Party.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We now arrive at “The Great Emancipator” - Abraham Lincoln. Before becoming the 16th president - Lincoln grew up on the American frontier.

Although Abe Lincoln often just passed through the state, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, vacationed at the Jersey Shore as the Civil War raged in 1861.

On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in an act that that led to the Civil War. But Lincoln’s actual ...

President Abraham Lincoln died on this day, April 15, 1865, about nine hours after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln and his wife had been watching a play at Ford's Theatre in D.C.

From the moment Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States on November 6, 1860, he was no stranger to death threats. In fact, he compiled a vast array of menacing letters in a ...

Abraham Lincoln was one of the most important leaders of the United States. Here’s a look at some lesser known facts about the 16th president.

In his 1860 endorsement of Abraham Lincoln, The Atlantic's founding editor predicted, accurately, that the coming election would be "a turning-point in our history." ...

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln Didn't Quit. Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham Lincoln. If you want to learn about somebody who didn't quit, ... 1860: Elected president of the United States.

"Lover Of Men examines the intimate life of America’s most consequential president, Abraham Lincoln," reads an official synopsis for the upcoming film. "As told by preeminent Lincoln scholars ...