Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a tragic historical ... he defeated a field of four candidates to become the 16th president of the United States ...

Lincoln visited Massachusetts. In September 1848, while still a young Congressman, Abe Lincoln visited New Bedford and spent ...

On the hotly contested issue of US race relations, President Trump made a reference to Abraham Lincoln - the 16th US president whose victory in the Civil War secured the abolition of slavery.

he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s first president: Washington had had to create a nation; Lincoln now ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate ...

A wax effigy of President Abraham Lincoln has ... the 6ft wax sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial is now under repair, leaving behind a wire sticking out of the 16th president's neck.

he switched parties becoming the first Republican president of the United States. In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell ...

Abraham Lincoln won election to the U.S. Congress in 1846 ... In Ulysses S. Grant, the president found his man. Lincoln named Grant commander of all federal armies in March 1864.