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 ...

February 12 marks the birth of one of the greatest leaders of the United States of America. On February 12, 1809 one person ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...