The Presidential Election of 1860

Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm is presenting a lecture on The Presidential Election of 1860

The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm will be presenting The Presidential Election of 1860 on Thursday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free for members of the Rochester Hills Museum. For non members, admission is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. Erin Dwyer from Oakland University will discuss Abraham Lincoln’s presidential campaign – a divisive campaign involving four candidates and Lincoln’s road to national attention and the nomination, the election itself, and why Lincoln’s election led directly to Civil War.

The Presidential Election of 1860

Erin Dwyer earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University in 2012. After graduating she taught at Tulane University in New Orleans for two years before accepting a tenure-track position at Oakland University, where she specializes in 19th-century American history, particularly the history of slavery and the Civil War. She recently completed her first book manuscript, Mastering Emotions, which is under contract with the University of Pennsylvania Press.

To register for The Presidential Election of 1860 visit the Museum’s program page at http://www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms, e-mail rhmuseum@rochesterhills.org, or call (248) 656-4663.The Rochester Hills Museum is located at 1005 Van Hoosen Road, off Tienken Road between Rochester and Dequindre Roads. The Museum’s full schedule of events is available at www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms.