Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States on 1860. Within weeks of his taking the top position, South Carolina declared secession from the Union, ...

Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon has sent state troopers to try to herd the absent Republicans back to the Capitol, and Democratic lawmakers have vowed to impose fines on their truant colleagues. As of ...

On Nov 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. And the rest is history.

This past week, seven Democrat senators and an Independent senator joined all of the Republicans and voted to end the ...