The Revenue Act of 1861, passed the previous year, ... it had become clear that the war would last longer—and cost more—than President Abraham Lincoln had originally hoped.

President Abraham Lincoln first added a federal income tax with the Revenue Act of 1861 to help fund the Civil War. Taxes were based on assessments not voluntary tax returns, the date they were ...

Just in time for President’s Weekend and the February 12 birthday of the 16th U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, a new book traces how the Civil War leader talked about democracy throughout his ...

Rare theater tickets from the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated sold at auction for $262,500. The pair of front-row balcony tickets to Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 were for ...

Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the slaves would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863.

Lincoln was not as well known as William Seward or Salmon P. Chase or Edward Bates, but unlike them, he was in a position to confront the author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on his home turf ...

Lincoln Electric's adjusted EPS of $2.57 was significantly above the analyst estimate of $1.99. Revenue reported at $1,022 million, also exceeding expectations of $992 million, though down from ...

Abraham Lincoln signed what was likely his last official document on April 14, ... The Nebraska-Kansas Act, he was convinced, put slavery “on the high road to extension and perpetuity.” ...

Two front-row balcony tickets from the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth inside Ford's Theatre have been sold at auction for a cool $262,500.

Historian Harold Holzer delves into Abraham Lincoln’s approach to immigration and what shaped the 16th president’s views.

The Interfaith Clergy Council of Gary & Vicinity sponsored the 64th annual service, recalling President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 executive order freeing the slaves residing in the Confederacy at ...

The Radical Abolition Party deemed any abolitionist who voted for Abraham Lincoln, who was willing to execute the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and repress insurrections, as a hypocrite on matters of ...