Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...

After the election of President Lincoln in 1860, seven southern states seceded and Civil War broke out, followed by four years of bloody fighting and the loss of 617,000 American lives.

Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today.

and the heaven blesseth it; ill works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing." "The Election in November" by James Russell Lowell, The Atlantic Monthly; October, 1860.

Going into the November general election, a race that has yielded a stream of unexpected storylines, we can learn from the ...

Once again, a major-party convention is taking place in Chicago at a time when many worry about the future of democracy and fear civil disorder during and after the election. But 1860 offers a ...

Weeks before the 2024 election, early voting by mail or in person will be available in most states — here's a map with more ...

The map below displays CNN's best estimate of the key states that will likely decide the 2012 presidential election. Determining what qualifies as a battleground state is not an exact science and ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Your guide to the ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, vowed to stay in the race and pre-emptively ...