The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

The Fourth Era isn't a friendly time for a throwback pol like Cassidy. He'll need DC money and the legacy media in order to ...

The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.

After he was elected president in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was faced with filling patronage positions in the Washington Territory. Just eight years old, the Washington Territory needed territorial suprem ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people ...

Rebel-supporting Hampshire County became part of pro-union West Virginia 162 years ago this week only because of a pair of votes that were mysterious at best or downright fraudulent at worst. Please ...

If you want to explore attractions in Illinois that are not in the Windy City, we've got some spectacular gems for you. You won't be disappointed.

"Indepedency," an exhibit with flags related to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, is at Southampton Arts Center through ...

Often considered our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis in the movie) is definitely written about the most. More than 16,000 books have been published since Lincoln's 1865 ...

Then, Lincoln received 5,128 votes, or 47%, in a four-way election. Lincoln easily carried the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its critical 26 electoral votes, taking 51.75% of the popular vote.

Find out more about the life of Abraham Lincoln, the president who preserved the Union and helped abolish ... Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860 without carrying any Southern ...

But he did. In 1859, he made a series of speeches in Ohio campaigning to be the Republican candidate for president in the 1860 election. In Cincinnati on Sept. 17, 1859, Lincoln spoke from the ...