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.

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

During the months between his election and his inauguration as America's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln avoided saying anything about the issues of the day. Lincoln knew, with the nation teetering on ...

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 ...

he worked hard to become America’s 16th president. When Lincoln was elected president, America erupted into a bloody Civil ...

The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun Peterson tackles decades’ worth of speculation about the sexual ...

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.