Before he was elected president, Abraham Lincoln visited the Montgomery County Courthouse in 1859. Lincoln, who had lost a bid for the U.S. Senate the year before to Stephen A. Douglas, arrived in ...

Through extensive research and interviews, documentary "Lover of Men" attempts to settle the long-standing debate about ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

THE SOLITUDE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN; Typical Reminiscences Illustrating a Life Whose Deepest Moments Were Lived Alone.

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks with NPR about his new biography, And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle. It examines Lincoln's actions as well as motivations.

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A conversation with Harvard Business School professor and historian Nancy Koehn on the power of Lincoln’s emotional discipline.

Abraham Lincoln referred to it as "the ludicrous incident of sewing up the hogs eyes." "As a youngster he shot a wild turkey and was so disgusted he claimed he never again raised a weapon to kill ...

President Abraham Lincoln died on this day, April 15, 1865, about nine hours after he was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln and his wife had been watching a play at Ford's Theatre in D.C.

Through extensive research and interviews, documentary "Lover of Men" attempts to settle the long-standing debate about Abraham Lincoln's sexuality.