Trump's habit is to treat Lincoln not only as a giant of history, but something of a political contemporary. And a flawed one ...

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.

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 ...

Campaign Abraham Lincoln became president at the age of 52. Though Lincoln was involved with the Whig Party (which was formed to oppose Andrew Jackson and his use of presidential power) earlier on his ...

While thousands of tourists continue to visit the marble Abraham Lincoln statue sitting at the 16th president’s memorial in D.C., construction crews below his feet are working hard to build a ...

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

Nov. 8 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five months later. In 1889, Montana was ...

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.