Over 100 years after his death, Anderson Ruffin Abbott's visit to the White House and his relationship with U.S. President ...

More than 200 years old, the White House has seen its share of strange bump-in-the-night noises and paranormal sightings. Here’s an illustrated look at just a few of the more unusual apparition ...

Looking back, he might have preferred his mom's home cooking. But Abraham Lincoln's elegant last meal with his wife became ...

A black man has ascended to the White House 200 years after the birth of the president who ended slavery. History remembers Abraham Lincoln as the Great Emancipator, but what were his actual views ...

The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday. During his time in office, Lincoln issued a ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two ...

“The first time I saw Abraham Lincoln ... Lincoln also insisted that Ellsworth's funeral be held in the White House. Lincoln's final close male relationship was with his bodyguard during ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln ... a single term in the House of Representatives (1847–49) and a return to practicing law, Lincoln was morally outraged ...

I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and Christ and reason say the same, and they will find it so.” SLIDESHOW: Lincoln’s Assassination An autodidact, Lincoln ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... During his time in the White House, Lincoln's ideas about slavery — and about blacks — evolved. His meetings with prominent African ...