The political event which, of all others, they most deprecate, is the election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN to a second term of office. As it is with them, so is it with their Northern sympathizers.

Historian Fuller (Indianapolis) and his of his colleagues to take a fresh look at the most important election in American history. The first four essays look at Lincoln as political organizer, Douglas ...

Though Lincoln was involved with the Whig Party (which was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his use of presidential power) earlier on his career, he switched parties becoming the first Republican ...

When the votes were counted, Lincoln had lost the election. But his skill in the debates against Douglas won him national recognition. Two years later, in 1860, Lincoln was nominated as the ...

The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...

Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that had ripped the United States apart during the 1850s, as slavery became a critical political and a moral issue. As Lincoln had ...