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The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 15, 1865, 42 days into his second term.
United States Senate election (Illinois), 1858 – Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate and ran against incumbent Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas remained Senator, but the debates between the two propelled the popularity of Lincoln and acquired for him a national reputation, which helped him to be chosen ...
This article documents the political career of Abraham Lincoln from the end of his term in the United States House of Representatives in March 1849 to the beginning of his first term as President of the United States in March 1861. After serving a single term in the U. S. House, Lincoln returned to Springfield, Illinois, where he worked as a ...
The period began with the outbreak of the American Civil War 1861 and ended with the 1897 inauguration of William McKinley, whose administration commenced a new period of U.S. foreign policy. During the Civil War, the Lincoln administration succeeded in ensuring that the European powers, including Great Britain and France, did not directly ...
The secession crisis of 1860–61 began soon after Lincoln became president-elect. This has been widely considered the most difficult crisis that any president-elect has faced during his transition into office. [1] [2] [3] Lincoln spent much of his transition period trying to avert southern secession.
November 6 – 1860 United States presidential election: Abraham Lincoln elected president and Hannibal Hamlin vice president with only 39% of the vote in a four-man race. December 18 – Crittenden Compromise fails. December 20 – President Buchanan fires his cabinet. December 20 – South Carolina secedes from the Union
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President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland. May 6 – American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union. May 7 – American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union. May 8 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.