The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

Based on a play, Lovell Holder's movie centers on a stage manager who daydreams about the politician's personal relationships ...

On Oct. 15, 1860 - 153 years ago today &mdash 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard for the presidential election. Bedell said in her letter that ...

Abraham Lincoln did not grow his beard until after he was elected in 1860, but it was in full bloom by the time he took the oath of office – more evidence, for Southerners, of the threat he ...

Abraham Lincoln’s legacy survives in Kansas in strange ... descendants of the young girl who persuaded Lincoln to grow a beard. In adulthood, the girl moved to Kansas and married a banker.