We’re entering the last nervous days of a season of contention and of mystery, upheaval, and dread, a time when the country could lurch in entirely different directions or completely lose its way.

because it is the most important election since 1860. About the Author My understanding of politics, economics, geopolitics, political theory is grounded in my undergraduate and graduate study of ...

The election of 1860 was not only realigning but also revealed a nation torn asunder. There were four major candidates for president that year: northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, Constitutional ...

Not even in the 1860 election, on the eve of the US Civil War, when the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln emerged the victor from a four-way contest which featured two rival Democrats.

When reviewing the four-month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s inauguration, one can’t help but conclude that the Civil War was completely avoidable. There was no sound cause for ...

The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln ...

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have kindly signified their willingness to cooperate with the Press in giving to the public the result of the election in this State. Their lines will be held open all Tuesday night, and every ...