Union cause. But many Republicans in Congress were urging him to take a stand for freedom. In 1862, under his authority as commander in chief, Lincoln drafted and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — An Abraham Lincoln statue was vandalized in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on Monday. The statue of Lincoln ...

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln defied the odds by winning the Republican nomination and the presidency after a lifetime of struggles that included clinical depression, personal bankruptcy, losing reelection ...

Onlookers at the Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park which was defaced with red paint overnight and discovered Monday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Vandals splashed red paint and ...

In moments of national tension and division, it’s natural to seek the counsel of those who’ve navigated even darker times.

Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, is not on the ballot this fall. But Donald Trump, the 45th president who's ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four score and seven years from now, the mystic chords of memory may recall the way Donald Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln, lauded him one day and lambasted ...