Senator Tom Cotton, who holds the third-ranking position in Republican leadership, has not faced major competition this ...

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address was truly prophetic—it revealed the spiritual meaning of the Civil War.

Presidential oratory once sought to elevate its audience, through high seriousness and artful rhetoric, but also by being ...

J. Mark Powell's new book, "Witness to War," tells the story of the Civil War objectively through the letters of ...

Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th President, steered the nation through the Civil War, dismantling slavery and preserving the Union. Rising from humble frontier beginnings, his political career ...

After the completion of the 1860 census and the election of President Abraham Lincoln, America imploded. Eleven southern ...

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Abraham Lincoln won four electoral votes in New Jersey in 1860, with three electors pledged to a fusion ticket that would back one of three Democrats who had the best shot at winning after Election ...

For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon. Though ...

Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Maine 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.

Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Illinois 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.

A federal judge ordered documents related to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots in Georgia be unsealed by Tuesday The order came down from Judge J.P. Boulee of the Northern District of Georgia ...