Gloves worn by President Lincoln on the night of his death, estimated to sell for between $800,000 and $1.2 million. “Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln ...

Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.

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 ...

As Jon Grinspan reminds us in his illuminating book, “Wide Awake,” America has been in this situation before: in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln first ran for the presidency. The air bristled with ...

A previously unpublished letter written by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil ... Grace inked the letter on Oct. 15, 1860, when Lincoln was locked in a pivotal race. He ran as the ...

Presidents Day offers a valuable opportunity to revisit Abraham Lincoln ... of his rivals for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination. Kearns Goodwin attributes Lincoln’s success to ...

William Seward of New York were jubilant as they poured into Chicago for the 1860 Republican Convention ... convention that propelled Illinois' Abraham Lincoln from obscurity to the nomination ...

One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of the Year On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists ...