November 6th has witnessed a plethora of significant events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of ...

The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period ...

None other than Abraham Lincoln owed his 1860 election to this kind of movement. New research is proving that youth activism ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12 ... his party’s nomination for the President of the United States in the 1860 ...

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...

On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... Two years later, in 1860, Lincoln was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. Thanks to a deeply divided opposition ...

"Fighting for Lincoln: The Wide Awakes" examines the movement instrumental in electing Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport !

The Tarboro, North Carolina, Southerner declared that "the Platform on which Abraham Lincoln was ... the four-month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s inauguration, one can’t help ...

Frederick Douglass called it "a sacred effort," and Lincoln ... Abraham, of which all that can be said with certainty is that they did not add to his domestic happiness. We believe that this ...

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 ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself.