Today, presidential and congressional elections saturate mass media as television, the internet and junk mail pound candidates into voters’ psyche. It’s no wonder many people express relief when the ...

Lincoln’s assassination, and the ineffectual leadership of his successor, Andrew Johnson, enabled the Congress to control ...

He had experience in Congress as both a representative and senator, and had been secretary of war under President Franklin ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now?

In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

What happens now will entirely depend on how much tolerance each side will have as a result of who is elected. If either side turns the result of the election into violent actions, the country could ...

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

Today in history: On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected ... it ...

In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...

If there’s any takeaway from our 1890s forebears, it’s that no matter how intense an election feels, life always goes on.

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