So, naturally, when Gilligan was murdered in Louisiana, she was heartbroken. Pressing a hand on the Bible, she recited the Oath to Office and became the historical first woman president in the history of the United States. Without much more than a moment to allow the weight of that accompl...
increasingly polarized and politicians less able to contain the dispute through compromise. WhenAbraham Lincoln, the candidate of the explicitly antislaveryRepublican Party, won the1860 presidential election, seven Southern states (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and ...