Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! An introduction to the 1860 election is featured. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden talked about the issue of slavery at the time, the ...

Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today.

Most of the attention is on the candidates themselves, but investors also may find themselves wondering what the outcome may ...

But 1860 offers a clear lesson: Conventions and campaigns — especially those with the power to inspire young people — are larger than candidates. Lincoln was not so well known in 1860.

Ever since she ascended as the presidential nominee of her party, Vice President Kamala Harris has been riding a wave of ...

Historian Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the winner in nearly every one of the past 10 U.S. presidential elections.

There isn't one solution to galvanizing the electorate; it's more of a suite of reforms, says Editorials Editor Ginnie Graham ...

The parties which support these candidates, however ... The Atlantic Monthly; October, 1860.

In 1860, the Democratic convention splintered ... There used to be rulings over “demonstrations” when supporters of candidates whose names had been placed into nomination could march around ...

It was in 1923 that Frederick Gillet was elected to the post after several days and nine ballots. The longest deadlock before that was resolved in 1860 after 44 rounds of ballots. But the all-time ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan Credit: Courtesy of David McCuan This fall’s course comes ahead of what McCuan’s syllabus calls “the most important election since 1860 ... to ...