The 1860 election, a four-way contest with an unlikely winner ... Chase to the president-elect that now rests in the ...

Congressional attempts at cooperation and reconciliation ... When reviewing the four-month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s inauguration, one can’t help but conclude that the ...

The divisions among the Anti-Republicans of the Eighth Congressional District having been settled by the withdrawal of the rival candidates, and the nomination of ISAAC C. DELAPLAINE to represent ...

We found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry. In 1860, one year before the Civil War, the market ...

We found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry. In 1860, one year before the Civil War, the market ...

If there’s any takeaway from our 1890s forebears, it’s that no matter how intense an election feels, life always goes on.

Readers weigh in on the election results, expressing concerns about America's division and future challenges. Opinions range ...

A key ally to former President Donald Trump detailed plans to deploy the military in response to domestic unrest, defund the Environmental Protection Agency, and put career civil servants “in trauma” ...

The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still ...

A Republican presidential candidate endangering democracy, threatening the Constitution and such a menace to America he could foment a civil war?

Today in History for Nov. 9 ...

Harriet Tubman was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general of the Maryland National Guard on Monday in recognition ...