Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The ...

At 6’4” tall, President Abraham Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand out even more by wearing high top hats. He acquired this one from Washington hat maker J.Y ... “One ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Abraham Lincoln’s iconic stove pipe hat is missing from a sculpture along the waterfront in Louisville. Sculptor Ed Hamilton, who designed the work of Lincoln looking out over ...

Abraham Lincoln represented the new man of the American West, and his rise to the presidency is an unprecedented story of personal ambition combining with historical circumstances. Born poor, ...

Or does the president define the hat? Stephen L. Carter Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of ...

National Portrait Gallery historian David C. Ward discusses images of Abraham Lincoln that document his life in the White House (Anika Gupta, Beth Py-Lieberman, Jesse Rhodes and Ryan Reed).