Abraham Lincoln led his country through a tumultuous period and played an instrumental role in abolishing slavery while preserving the Union as the 16th president of the United States.
also includedJohn Bell, the nominee of theConstitutional Union Party. Thus, the Republican candidate,Abraham Lincoln, was able tocapture the presidency, winning 18 Northern states and receiving 60 percent of the electoral vote but only 40 percent of the popular vote. By the time of Lincoln’s ...
also includedJohn Bell, the nominee of theConstitutional Union Party. Thus, the Republican candidate,Abraham Lincoln, was able tocapture the presidency, winning 18 Northern states and receiving 60 percent of the electoral vote but only 40 percent of the popular vote. By the time of Lincoln’s ...
also includedJohn Bell, the nominee of theConstitutional Union Party. Thus, the Republican candidate,Abraham Lincoln, was able tocapture the presidency, winning 18 Northern states and receiving 60 percent of the electoral vote but only 40 percent of the popular vote. By the time of Lincoln’s ...
Abraham Lincoln Carson City livelihood Territorial Enterprise The Nevada Territory was a rambunctious and violent place during the boom years of theComstock Lode, from its discovery in 1859 to its peak production in the late 1870s. Nearby Virginia City was known for its gambling and dance halls,...
Initially, the war appeared to have been won with relative ease. On May 1, 2003, U.S. Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeldannounced an end to “major combat” in Afghanistan. On the same day, aboard theaircraft carrierUSSAbraham Lincoln, President Bush announced that “major combat operations ...
also includedJohn Bell, the nominee of theConstitutional Union Party. Thus, the Republican candidate,Abraham Lincoln, was able tocapture the presidency, winning 18 Northern states and receiving 60 percent of the electoral vote but only 40 percent of the popular vote. By the time of Lincoln’s ...
The 1860 election also included John Bell, the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party, and Abraham Lincoln, the candidate of the newly established (1854) antislavery Republican Party (which was unrelated to Jefferson’s Republican Party of decades earlier). With the Democrats hopelessly split, ...
Pres. Biden performed poorly in a nationally televised debate with Trump. Under intense pressure from prominent Democrats who feared he would lose the election, Biden withdrew his candidacy andendorsedHarris as his replacement. In early August, Harris was officially named the Democratic Party’s presi...
The 1860 election also included John Bell, the nominee of the Constitutional Union Party, and Abraham Lincoln, the candidate of the newly established (1854) antislavery Republican Party (which was unrelated to Jefferson’s Republican Party of decades earlier). With the Democrats hopelessly split, ...