Lincoln

Trump’s Claim that He’s Done More for Black Americans than any President Since Lincoln (Fact Check)

Historians Michael Beschloss, David Garrow, H.W. Brands, Max J. Skidmore and David Greenberg argue that LBJ is in fact second to Lincoln in this regard.

The Attempted Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

In their new book, Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch provide a remarkable and often riveting account of an alleged plot to kill Lincoln in Baltimore on the way to his inauguration in Washington in February 1861.

Did Lincoln Take his Cues From Congress?

Historian Allen C. Guelzo reviews Fergus Bordewich's new book "Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America," which argues that the 37th and 38th Congresses had a bigger role in the abolition of slavery than the 16th president.

Trump beats out Lincoln as better president, majority of Republicans say in new poll

by Andrew Blake

Trump may have beaten Lincoln as a "better president" to some GOP members, but 59% of GOP faithful say Reagan still was better than Trump

Allen C. Guelzo Reviews Sidney Blumenthal's Latest Installment of His Biography of Lincoln

by Allen C. Guelzo

"Blumenthal never allows the intensity of Lincoln’s story to flag for a moment."

Donald Trump’s Republican Party is not the party of Lincoln

by Sidney Blumenthal

Republicans have embraced all that Lincoln loathed.

A Nation Headed to Civil War: The Compromise of 1850

by Sidney Blumenthal

An excerpt from ALL THE POWERS OF EARTH by Sidney Blumenthal.

Can you name the Republican president who risked his career for Mexico?

by Michael Hogan

A failure to teach the full and complex 19th century history of the U.S. and Mexico in U.S. classrooms has resulted in ignorance that helps feed anti-Mexico prejudice. 

Lincoln Would Not Recognize His Own Party

by David W. Blight

He would see the Republicans as the antithesis of everything he fought for.

How Lincoln's disdain for demagogues pricks Trump's Fourth of July pomposity

by Sidney Blumenthal

If nothing else, the president’s speech on the Mall on Thursday will show how far we have fallen since Lincoln.

A New Lincoln Bible, From a Mantel to a Presidential Library

More than 150 years later, historians have discovered the Bible for the first time, a unique artifact of the 16th president’s life that they did not even know existed.

'Honest Babe.' People Are Having a Hard Time Keeping It Together Thanks to This Chiseled Abraham Lincoln Statue

The Young Lincoln statue first made its splashy debut at the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

Alabama omits Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln from Presidents Day holiday

The reason for the Alabama variation stems from old grudges birthed in the Civil War.

30 acres once owned by Abraham Lincoln in Illinois sold for $300,000

According to the newspaper, Lincoln bought 40 acres in 1841 from his cash-strapped father, Thomas Lincoln. It is said to be the only farm he ever owned, though he let his father continue to farm it.

Historians say Dinesh D’Souza lured them under false pretenses to interview for new pro-Trump film

That’s the reason name historians show up in his widely discredited film.

A New Film Compares Democrats to Nazis and Trump to Lincoln

At a screening in northern Ohio’s Medina County, it was a hit.

Dinesh D'Souza's next film to draw comparisons between Trump and Lincoln

Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who was recently pardoned by President Trump, is making comparisons for his next film between the Democratic resistance to Trump and how Democrats didn’t accept President Lincoln’s reelection during the Civil War.

Former Clinton speech writer Ted Widmer discovers Thomas Nast drawings of Lincoln

by Adam Gopnik

Widmer, who teaches history at Brown, came across the sketches while working on a book about Lincoln's train trip from Springfield to Washington.

What Makes for a Good Leader in War?

by Lewis E. Lehrman

Churchill and Lincoln provide a fascinating answer.

Did Abraham Lincoln sleep here?

Visitors to a small log cabin in Kentucky are right to ask: Is it true that Abraham Lincoln slept here?