February 16, 1860
Lincoln is endorsed for President by the Chicago Press & Tribune, months before he would be nominated by the Republican Party.
February 17, 1861
President-elect Lincoln meets former President Millard Fillmore in Buffalo, New York, enroute to Washington, DC.
February 20, 1862
William Wallace Lincoln, third son of President and Mrs. Lincoln, dies in the White House at age 11.
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