In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. In 1869, in the first formal ...

Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States on 1860. Within weeks of his taking the top position, South Carolina declared secession from the Union, ...

On Nov 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. And the rest is history.

Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. His election was among the reasons that led to the ...

A rare Lincoln letter at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shows how race shaped early White House life and presidential power.

Throughout our nation’s history, there have been many incredible moments, ones which we still discuss with reverence today.

For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump was confronted by his fellow Republicans. And he fell in line.

2018: The Chicago Blackhawks fired Joel Quenneville, the team’s 37th coach in franchise history, six games into the 2018-19 season. “Coach Q” led the Hawks to three Stanley Cup championships.

As America pushed westward, old divisions over slavery deepened — setting the stage for Civil War. America was halfway ...

Elijah Lovejoy's newspaper, the Alton Observer, defied pro-slavery St. Louis ...