The 1860 election, a four-way contest with an unlikely winner ... was vice president and practitioner of what he called the ...

Yes, this is what Fire-Eater Southern Democrats said about former Congressman Abraham Lincoln during the 1860 presidential campaign ... month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s ...

The New York Times has endorsed candidates in every U.S. presidential election since 1860, contrary to online posts saying its support for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election is ...

Kamala Harris would be the first woman to serve as commander in chief while Trump would be the second president in history to ...

it is thought that the Republican elephant was first used in an Illinois newspaper back in the 1860 presidential election campaign during the the time of Abraham Lincoln. By the end of the 19th ...

The Wisconsin Historical Society in Dane County preserves decades of history from big moments that happened in the Badger ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

but there is no question in my mind that this is the most important election of my lifetime, and probably the most important since 1860 when Abraham Lincoln was elected to the presidency and the ...