Mr. John Carroll Power, the custodian of the Lincoln Monument at Springfield, Ill., and author of a Life of Lincoln, has contributed to a Chicago paper some interesting correspondence, including a ...

Abraham Lincoln’s legacy survives in Kansas in strange ... descendants of the young girl who persuaded Lincoln to grow a beard. In adulthood, the girl moved to Kansas and married a banker.

On Oct. 15, 1860 - 153 years ago today &mdash 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard for the presidential election. Bedell said in her letter that ...

Abraham Lincoln’s presidency in 1861 heralded an ... Emily Schultheis of Politico writes that JD Vance’s beard is not just a ...

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defied the odds by winning the Republican nomination and the presidency after a lifetime of struggles that included clinical depression, personal bankruptcy, losing reelection ...