Lincoln and Juárez never met but kept close diplomatic ties for years, likely a factor in covert U.S. help against the ...

The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

1860. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, personally ... and the Southern mind can be more easily reconciled to his election. He is comparatively new and unheard of. His prominent public record of two or three ...

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 ...

A previously unpublished letter written by Abraham Lincoln reveals ... The letter, dated March 6, 1860, was written soon after a historic turning point in Lincoln’s life as it was sent just ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...

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 ...

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.

A Wilton auction house is offering a collection of more than 60 lots of items pertaining to the 16th president of the United ...

Abraham Lincoln, right ... Lincoln lost the 1858 U.S. Senate election to Douglas, then went on to be elected president in 1860. The debates were held in different Illinois cities.