Everything was on the line in the elections of 1860 and 1968, and, as is the case now, no one had a clue who would win going ...

When reviewing the four-month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s inauguration, one can’t help but conclude that the Civil War was completely avoidable. There was no sound cause for ...

Not even in the 1860 election, on the eve of the US Civil War, when the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln emerged the victor from a four-way contest which featured two rival Democrats.

Kamala Harris would be the first woman to serve as commander in chief while Trump would be the second president in history to ...

because it is the most important election since 1860. About the Author My understanding of politics, economics, geopolitics, political theory is grounded in my undergraduate and graduate study of ...

Lake City Elementary 5th graders are getting a lesson centered on the electoral college process of presidential elections.

What happens now will entirely depend on how much tolerance each side will have as a result of who is elected. If either side turns the result of the election into violent actions, the country could ...

Readers weigh in on the election results, expressing concerns about America's division and future challenges. Opinions range ...

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

He served as a teacher for a time before winning election as sheriff of Yell County in 1858. He began studying law and was ...