He thought everything was over. It was the summer of 1864, and Abraham Lincoln believed his campaign for re-election amid the Civil War was doomed: The president was to be defeated, his policies ...

Recalling the words of Abe Lincoln as Election Day approaches | 60 Minutes 01:12. Tonight, candidates in the mid-term elections are approaching the end of the trail and voters the end of their ropes.

Former President Donald Trump has suggested that he would easily win a presidential election against a hypothetical combined ticket of former presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington ...

In the election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party, Vice President and Southern Democratic Party candidate John Breckinridge, ...

The political event which, of all others, they most deprecate, is the election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN to a second term of office. As it is with them, so is it with their Northern sympathizers.

Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat challenger Union Gen. George McLellan in the bitterly contested presidential election on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.

That may have diminished his chances; Lincoln lost the nativist counties and the election. But many nativists became Republicans and were in the party that nominated him for the presidency in 1860.

Trump (again) throws shade at Abraham Lincoln. ... Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hit swing states on Oct. 21 as part of their campaigns for the 2024 Election.

Media Historian compares Biden to Lincoln, says 2022 elections are ‘easily’ the ‘most important’ since the Civil War Jon Meacham appeared on CNN to promote his book about Abraham Lincoln ...

A new book delves into that short span of time between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the start of the Civil War, calling it “a political horror story.” It’s a reminder that we often don’t see a ...

Candidates for President and Vice-President of United States in the Election of 1864, including , clockwise from center left: Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, George H. Pendleton and Andrew ...