Everything was on the line in the elections of 1860 and 1968, and, as is the case now, no one had a clue who would win going ...

Lake City Elementary 5th graders are getting a lesson centered on the electoral college process of presidential elections.

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

because it is the most important election since 1860. About the Author My understanding of politics, economics, geopolitics, political theory is grounded in my undergraduate and graduate study of ...

The 2024 presidential race will come to an end in a matter of days. Vice President Kamala Harris would be the first woman to ...

The Wisconsin Historical Society in Dane County preserves decades of history from big moments that happened in the Badger ...

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected President of the United States of America on November 6, 1860, for a four-year term. One year later, on November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was ...

Over a century of election history has been preserved over the years at the historical society. From license plates to coffee ...

Elders, not just older folks but those rooted in deeper soil than partisan politics, will be crucial after this divisive election in keeping the country whole.

Not even in the 1860 election, on the eve of the US Civil War, when the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln emerged the victor from a four-way contest which featured two rival Democrats.

When reviewing the four-month period from the 1860 election to Lincoln’s inauguration, one can’t help but conclude that the Civil War was completely avoidable. There was no sound cause for ...