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Portrait of James Buchanan, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1860-1865. The waning months of Buchanan's tenure saw seven states secede from the Union, with no effectual response from the president to...

A daguerrotype of Abraham Lincoln, taken as he was about to enter Congress as a representative from Illinois, circa 1847; this is the earliest known photograph taken of him. Attributed to Nicholas H...

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln on 27 February 1860, taken only a few hours before his famous Cooper Union speech in Manhattan; three months later, he would be nominated as the Republican candidate for president. Photo...

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate, June 1860. By Alexander Hesler. Library of Congress

Potrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on 8 November 1863, around the time of his famous Gettysburg Address. By Alexander Gardner.

A version of an illustration published in Harper's Weekly depecting Thaddeus Stevens speaking at the impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson. By Theodore Russel Davis, 21 March 1868.

James Buchanan, Democratic Candidate for President of the United States, print on wove paper by Baker & Godwin, c. 1856. This campaign graphic depicts the Democratic presidential nominee James Buchanan...

Death of the Hon. Andrew Johnson: U.S. Senator from Tennessee and Ex-President of the United States, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1875. After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in the spring of 1865...

A Mathew Brady photograph of the casket of Thaddeus Stevens, lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda. His casket is guarded by Black soldiers. By Mathew Brady, August 1868. National Archives at College...

An 1859 photograph by Julian Vannerson of Senator Andrew Johnson (1808-75), who later served as United States President (1865-9). Library of Congress