On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected president of the United ...

Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...

In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

November 6th is a date that has witnessed a variety of significant events throughout history, spanning the realms of politics ...

Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States on 1860. Within weeks of his ...

Living host Jaclyn Friedlander interviews Christina Shutt from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum about a ...

America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, on this day in history, Feb. 12, 1809. Lincoln grew up in a poor family, the son of a Kentucky frontiersman — and ...

(Everett Collection) In the first major historical film of the sound era, director D.W. Griffith cast Walter Huston, father of director John Huston and grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston, as ...

Even with air conditioning, Washington, D.C., is a hot and humid place in the summer, and when Abraham Lincoln was president, the summers were even worse: On top of the heat and humidity, there was ...

(WHSV) - 164 years ago on Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the Confederate States of America. Davis’ ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The USS Abraham Lincoln made history Monday as thousands of servicemembers deployed from San Diego at Naval Air Station North Island as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier ...