Ultimately, as many historians point out, Lincoln’s re-election was most likely ensured when General William T. Sherman and ...

Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was considered the most important in history up until that point. Accordingly, the Confederacy planned arguably the first October ...

No. 17 WEST TWENTIETH-STREET, NEW-YORK, Oct. 24, 1864. To the Editor of the Herald: Having noticed in the Herald of the 20th of September last, the subjoined paragraph, I transmitted it to Gen.

If the election had been two weeks ago, senior aides to Harris were admitting in recent days, the vice president probably ...

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...

Two political statues have mysteriously popped up in Washington, DC, drawing crowds of onlookers, just a week before Election ...

Arizona election results are full of intriguing messages. Here's what they mean and what we're looking for next, especially ...

Today is likely to change the trajectory of the United States. Today is the rare day that’s likely to change the trajectory ...

Election data does not paint a black and white picture, expert says. As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail ...

Voters in Delaware elected the first openly transgender member of Congress, and two Black women will serve in the U.S. Senate for the first time.

And first, a closer look at NYRB editorial director Edwin Frank’s new ‘Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century ...

Some voters had a say in the future of their abortion access—and most voted in favor of protecting repro rights.