Birney The Liberty Party was the political outgrowth of the growing ... 1860: Republicans: Abraham Lincoln The Republican Party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs and most Know-Nothings.

Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known for his leadership during the Civil War and efforts to abolish slavery, ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

How did Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Party become Donald Trump’s party? It’s a long time coming, former ODU vice president ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

America has a rich history of third parties in politics. The Republican party started off as a third party and quickly became ...

This proved prophetic with the collapse of the national party systems ... achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the secession of the South and the ...

The death of three children and her husband's preoccupation with political matters during the Civil War would only make matters worse. Abraham ... members of his party, Lincoln believed it would ...

A house divided against itself cannot stand” is a quote from an Abraham Lincoln speech given in 1858. It was true then and it is still true today. We are continuing in a government shutdown that ...

Observer welcomes Louis Masur who writes and lectures about a range of topics including Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, the Founding Fathers, visual culture, and the history of Rock and Roll.

The Cass County Democrats will hold an alternative to the Cass County Republicans annual Abraham Lincoln Dinner this year in ...

In the meantime, politicos can travel back in time and contemplate the life and legacy of the country’s 16th president: Abraham Lincoln ... with chapters on Lincoln’s political journey ...