This was the United States of 1860, as the conflict over slavery threatened to split the nation in two. The election of Abraham Lincoln, the first antislavery president, was met with Southern ...

In 1864, 160 years ago next week, Syracuse, and the nation, faced another "consequential" Presidential election.

Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat challenger Union Gen. George McLellan in the bitterly contested presidential election on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.

See the article in its original context from November 15, 1864, Page 2 Buy Reprints. ... LINCOLN has been reelected President of the United States. His first election could not surprise any one, ...

THE ELECTION.; Perplexities of ... Nov. 4, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 4, 1864, Page 5 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Such was the mood music ahead of the Presidential election of 1864 in which the principal antagonists were Abraham Lincoln, the Republican incumbent, and George Brinton McClellan, the Ulster-Scot ...

Richmond National Battlefield Park will host an event commemorating the anniversary of the 5th United States Colored Troops voting in the 1864 presidential election at Fort Harrison.

The Postal Museum collection tracks mail-in voting as far back as the 18th century in the United States, ... of election integrity comes up in every election. It even comes up in that 1864 ...