This Week in History
April 29, 1860
Lincoln writes to his friend Lyman Trumbull, expressing interest in the presidency.
May 1, 1846
Lincoln is nominated at the Whig Party convention in Petersbury, Illinois, as a candidate for Congress from the Seventh District.
May 4, 1865
President Lincoln and his son Willie are buried in Springfield, Illinois, after a multi-city funeral journey.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not
with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you,
is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be
preserved to the latest generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861