On election day itself, the Wide Awake clubs helped elect Lincoln by passing out ballots, going door-to-door to help convince undecided voters, and escorting voters to polling places.

Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...

Description In the election of 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party, Vice President and Southern Democratic Party candidate John ...

Author and history professor Rachel Shelden discussed the campaigns for the presidential nominees in the 1860 election.

What Happened In The 1860 Presidential Election That Could Repeat Itself In 2016 "During the Primaries, we hear the extremes of the parties - that's always been the case," he explained.

The claim: 10 states removed Abraham Lincoln from the ballot in the 1860 presidential election A Dec. 21, 2023, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of President Abraham Lincoln.

The Boone County election document that records one vote for Lincoln shows that Bell received 881 votes while native son Breckinridge received 739 and Douglas was the choice of 228 voters.

By Burt Constable The pandemic has put us in the habit of adding the word "unprecedented" to everything. But next week's contentious, life-altering and sure-to-be-ugly election is not ...

Please allow me to start with what to me is the most critical variable in the 2024 presidential election: Will Dr. Cornel West’s Green Party candidacy swing the election to Donald Trump?

Manisha Sinha argues that the stakes in the 2020 presidential election are almost as high as in 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected on the eve of the Civil War; what binds these two moments ...

On election day itself, the Wide Awake clubs helped elect Lincoln by passing out ballots, going door-to-door to help convince undecided voters, and escorting voters to polling places.