In 1860, Abraham Lincoln (and the Republican Party) stood as the only viable alternative to the moral indifference of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas’s “popular sovereignty” and the pro-slavery ...

Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.

President Abraham Lincoln was not removed from general election ballots in 1860. At that time, political parties distributed their own ballots, which were single-party tickets, and some ...

Abraham Lincoln campaign print reproduction by Currier & Ives in 1860. The original print of this image includes a caption below the portrait describing Lincoln as the Republican candidate for ...

A previously unpublished letter written by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil ... predicted would help him win the presidential election. Lincoln was, as it turns out, the first U.S ...

After its 1856 nominee lost, the Republican Party made its presidential debut with Abraham Lincoln in the pivotal election of 1860 ... the campaign slogan of party leader Donald Trump.

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defied the odds by winning the ... he was woefully underestimated. Political slogans and newspaper cartoons depicted him as an ape, a despot, a hick, a coward, and a ...

Probably the greatest example of persistence is Abraham ... the 1848 campaign because he was serving in Congress). 1843: Ran for Congress - lost. One could claim this as a Lincoln failure in ...