In Connecticut, where they got started, they were working-class kids with shady political backstories. And in 1860, this diverse coalition of young Americans drew the line against slavery and help ...

Politics and the Election of 1860. Historian Susan Schulten discussed the significance of the election of 1860. She explained the issues surrounding the election, the policies of James Buchanan's ...

Chicago has been a political convention city over and over since 1860 When Democrats meet in Chicago to select a presidential nominee, it will be the 26th time the city has been host to a major ...

A sleeping nation. The Wide Awakes did not just march for show; they embodied the very real struggles dividing the United States in 1860.Over the previous several decades, white politicians ...

The Twenty-third-street Presbyterian Church was about filled last evening on the occasion of the sermon, by Rev. J.R. SLOANE, on " Political Corruption." ...

The latter, under the control of the 1860 Democratic Party, pushed through the House of Representatives a resolution stating: “That all petitions, memorials and papers touching the abolition of ...

But on rare occasions, deep historical currents and extraordinary political talents produce an entirely new order. It happened in the presidential elections of 1828, 1860, 1896, 1932—and, quite ...

Ten of the 11 states that would go on to form the Confederacy did not have ballots with Lincoln’s name on them in the 1860 election, University of Pennsylvania political science professor Rogers ...

Herbert Kitschelt, a political scientist at Duke, argued that matters of immense concern are at stake: “This is going to be the most important election since 1860, because it is going to be ...

In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, including on X, Reddit and Facebook.

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, ... a political decision that led directly to war. Video: Causes of the Civil War ...