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Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes, which is the narrowest margin in a presidential election since 1860 between William ...

After the election of President Lincoln in 1860, seven southern states seceded ... women as they leave arm-in-arm and then sets fire to Pennsylvania Hall. 1845: Slaveholding Texas is annexed ...

22. The Douglas State Executive Committee publish a card stating that as much has recently been published on the subject of alleged propositions for fusion in Pennsylvania, the public are informed ...

The president of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda, Roberto L. Lugo, told Politico that the group plans to release a letter condemning the comments and urging Puerto Ricans ...

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 ...

Yet, the biggest surprise of all on election night might be if an apparent winner emerges sooner than expected. Even if a ...

There is no clock in an American election. Church bells rang around midnight the night in 1860 when Abraham Lincoln was ...

Even if a handful of key states remain uncalled, one candidate may well surface with a clear path to victory if the rest of ...