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Lincoln, Abraham
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, AbrahamLincoln, Abrahamlĭngˈkən [key], 1809–65, 16th President of the United States (1861–65). As time passed Lincoln became more and more the object of adulation; a full-…Hughes, John Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Hughes, John Joseph, 1797–1864, American Roman Catholic churchman, b. Co. Tyrone, Ireland. He joined his family in the United States in 1817 and on graduating from Mt. St. Mary's…Everett, Edward
(Encyclopedia) Everett, EdwardEverett, Edwardĕvˈrĭt, ĕvˈərĭt [key], 1794–1865, American orator and statesman, b. Dorchester, Mass., grad. Harvard (B.A., 1811; M.A., 1814). In 1814 he became a…Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah
(Encyclopedia) Beveridge, Albert JeremiahBeveridge, Albert Jeremiahbĕvˈərĭj [key], 1862–1927, U.S. Senator from Indiana (1899–1911) and historian, b. Highland co., Ohio. He was admitted to the bar (…Gettysburg
(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Gettysburg gĕtˈēzbûrgˌ [key], borough (2020 pop. 7,106), seat of Adams co., S Pa.; inc. 1806…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address Saturday, March 4, 1865 Fellow-Countrymen: AT this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential…Collected Inaugural Addresses of U.S. Presidents: Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address
James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address Monday, March 4, 1861 Fellow-Citizens of the United States: IN compliance with a custom as old as the…Union party
(Encyclopedia) Union party, in American history. 1 Coalition of Republicans and War Democrats in the election of 1864. Abraham Lincoln was renominated for President with Andrew Johnson, the…Pinkerton, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Pinkerton, Allan, 1819–84, American detective, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, b. Glasgow, Scotland. A cooper by trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1842…Davis, David
(Encyclopedia) Davis, David, 1815–86, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1862–77), b. Cecil co., Md., grad. Kenyon College, 1832; cousin of Henry Winter Davis. In 1836 he…Trending
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