When a president takes the oath of office, he swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution." Based on that duty, Abraham Lincoln exerted more power than any previous president. He made full use of the broad Constitutional authority given to...

Born February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky Died April 15, 1865 Washington, D.C. Sixteenth president of the United...

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg Although born over a decade after Abraham Lincoln's death, Carl Sandburg spent a large part of his life writing about the deeds and accomplishments of this American leader. Abraham Lincoln: The...

(b. February 12, 1809; d. April 15, 1865) Sixteenth president of the United States (1861–1865). Abraham Lincoln's life was lived under the shadow of war. During his lifetime he would witness three major American wars: the War of 1812,...

No African-American colonist signed the Declaration of Independence. Indeed, despite the Patriots' common use of the words slavery, tyranny, and oppression in making a case for separation from Great Britain, the signers of the Declaration did...

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[1][2] Lincoln won...