Henry Rathbone was seated next to President Lincoln the night of his assassination. Though he tried to stop John Wilkes Booth, he failed—and the trauma would destroy his life. This is the tragic story ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — two years after the ...

In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln died of an assassin's bullet fired the night before at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Vice President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as chief executive.

On April 14, 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John ... Booth devised a plan to assassinate the President, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State ...

John Wilkes Booth would target Abraham Lincoln, while his conspirator Lewis Powell would target William Seward, the secretary of state. George Atzerodt, another conspirator, would go after Andrew ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history, and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

At this very chilling time of year, it’s useful to recall our state’s first vice presidential death ... U.S. House Speaker where he was a firm Abraham Lincoln supporter and of pro-black ...

WASHINGTON − Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of ... used by President Abraham Lincoln for his swearing-in in 1861. JD Vance was sworn in as vice president right before ...

The eight presidents who died in office are, in chronological order: William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln ... the offices of the president and vice president have never been ...

vice chair of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission; Harvard University’s president Drew Faust and history professor David Hebert Donald; Yale University history professor David Blight ...

Cincinnati native George Hunt Pendleton ran unsuccessfully for vice president on the Democratic ticket with Gen. George B. McClellan in 1864. They lost to President Abraham Lincoln.