The artist chose to depict the iconic 16th President as he was as a young lawyer working in small towns around Illinois.

But history remembers it for this reason: It’s the site of the “Wigwam” assembly hall, where Abraham Lincoln accepted the Republican presidential nomination on May 18, 1860. Bet you didn’t ...

Gloves worn by President Lincoln on the night of his death, estimated to sell for between $800,000 and $1.2 million. “Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln ... decided for Lincoln. That was a far worse percentage of the total vote than in 1860. Then, Lincoln received 5,128 votes, or 47%, in a four-way election. Lincoln easily carried ...

SO WHERE IS THE LINCOLN DRUM? SO THE LINCOLN DRUM WAS CREATED FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOR HIS CAMPAIGN IN 1860. IT WAS MADE USING A RAIL THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD SPLIT HIMSELF. AND FROM THE WAY IT’S ...

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 ...

Who doesn’t like a good slogan, especially when it comes to politics? Love it or hate it, “Make America Great Again” has become as ubiquitous as apple pie. Presidential campaign ... Mr. Lincoln, had ...

Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, Abraham Lincoln rose to the presidency in 1861. Hulton Archive / Getty Images America’s presidential election ... including his 1860 Cooper Union ...

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 ...

faded as soon as he won the presidential election that November. Pierce’s later actions as president would prove that he remained, as always, a solid friend of the southern slaveholders.

An 86-year-old Chicago bookshop is young compared to its contents, and everywhere you look inside the Abraham Lincoln ... the convention hall is Lincoln's first-ever campaign image, but this ...

But there was another nationwide organized outbreak of political fervor when many young people took to the streets amid the chaotic months leading up to the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln.