History Drama
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Offut
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Herbert Sutch

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