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.

Lincoln’s time as a young man on the make had made him think hard about the relationship between Americans and their ...

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

Abraham Lincoln, celebrated on his 216th birthday, left a significant impact as the 16th President of the US. Not only known ...

Monday is Presidents’ Day. And while there doesn’t seem to be much agreement as to whether it is meant to celebrate the lives ...

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 ...

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 ...

The birthday of Abraham ... Lincoln lived in Illinois, and was skilled in a multitude of trades including stints as a postmaster, surveyor and shopkeeper, according to History.com. As his ...

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 ...

Author and historian James Gindlesperger is scheduled to give a presentation Wednesday about President Abraham Lincoln at the Cambria County Library, 248 Main St., downtown Johnstown.