During this year’s presidential contest, Abraham Lincoln’s name has been brandished by both candidates, but a recent discovery of rare documents at the Museum of Darien offers a true gl… ...

Supporters gathered at the Springfield home of Abraham Lincoln on the morning after he won the 1860 election. Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, are shown in this drawing in the upper left ...

“Abe Lincoln in Illinois” is a 1938 play that is essentially a pre-presidency biography of Abraham Lincoln. It is, amazingly, enlightening to contemporary audiences.

Recalling the words of Abe Lincoln as Election Day approaches | 60 Minutes Tonight, candidates in the mid-term elections are approaching the end of the trail and voters the end of their ropes.

Abraham Lincoln as the Republican presidential candidate shortly before his election on Nov. 6, 1860. Note his rugged youth, not yet worn by four years of worry during the Civil War. (Post ...

Professor Matthew Pinsker lectured a class at Dickinson College, where he teaches a history course on the election of 1860. In this class, Professor Pinsker focused specifically on Abraham Lincoln ...

In the process, the Wide Awakes generated enthusiasm for Lincoln’s election. While some critics dismissed the Wide Awakes as all show and no substance, their influence was palpable.

In his 1860 endorsement of Abraham Lincoln, The Atlantic's founding editor predicted, accurately, that the coming election would be "a turning-point in our history." ...

Preparing to run for president in 1860, Lincoln wrote that he had "not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction" as his election as militia captain.

Q If lINCOLN had LOST THE ELECTION, would there have been a war? A panel of Civil War experts -- from academia, the world of letters, archives, museums and assorted other sources -- will answer ...

Kelli Simpkins, left, plays a teacher instructing young Abraham Lincoln (Brandon Dial) in Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois.” Simpkins plays Lincoln in his 40s ...

Abraham Lincoln made a strong impression on the nation with his famous Cooper Union address on Feb. 7, 1860, in New York City, where he argued that the framers of the Constitution had not wanted sl… ...