None other than Abraham Lincoln owed his 1860 election to this kind of movement. New research is proving that youth activism played a critical role in the form of an organized movement who called ...

In the election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party, Vice President and Southern Democratic Party candidate John Breckinridge ...

A new book delves into that short span of time between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the start of the Civil War, calling it “a political horror story.” It’s a reminder that we often don’t see a ...

Election Day is coming up on Nov. 5, and if you're thinking that today's politics are complicated, consider what happened in Abraham Lincoln's day. After he was elected, but before he could even ...

But will the election of Mr. Lincoln endanger the Union? It is not a little remarkable, that, as the prospect of his success increases, the menaces of secession grow fainter and less frequent.