It was here, on August 27, 1858, that U.S. senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A ... Guelzo discovered that of the total votes cast for House seats, 190,468 were cast for Republicans ...

In August of 1864, Lincoln was on horseback, on his way to the Soldiers’ Home, about three miles northeast of the White House, where he had the use of a stone cottage in the summer months.