President Lincoln did not defend (nor renounce) any doctrine that the executive could ignore court orders ruling that his suspension of habeas corpus was unlawful. That question, he left to the ages.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and ...

In today’s divided times, we would do well to take to heart Lincoln’s words, phrases and, especially, his ideas. Showing malice toward none and charity for all is as valuable today as ever.

When Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for his second term as president, the United States was divided as never before or since. The Civil War had killed over 600,000 Americans, North and South.

Presidential order Lincoln signed in ‘final hours of his life’ recently found after being locked in desk for decades. ... and standing in a hallway window of the White House to deliver a 10-minute ...

And a year after this pretended speech, from which the Albany Atlas and the New-York Tribune profess to quote, -- in a speech made at Columbus, Ohio, in September, 1859, Mr. LINCOLN referred to a ...

By Lincoln's calculations, 23 of the 39 signers of the Constitution had a voting record on the issue of slavery. Of the 23, 21—an overwhelming majority— voted to prohibit or limit the ...

In “Abraham Lincoln’s Unchurched Faith” (Houses of Worship, Feb. 9), Allen Guelzo draws conclusions about Lincoln’s church attitudes without noting the president’s experience at the New ...

I have no time for long speeches," president-elect Abraham Lincoln said when his train stopped in February 1861 in Alliance on his way from Illinois to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.

The distance between Lincoln’s speech and Monday’s inauguration felt further than the length of the Mall. It even felt further, somehow, than 160 years. Comments. Popular opinions articles.

Abraham Lincoln made a stop at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Dayton in 1859. Log In. ... In honor of that visit, we went into the archives for more on Lincoln’s 1859 speech in Dayton.

Lincoln’s second inaugural 160 years ago left us a historic speech and, perhaps, his fingerprints.