Walter Huston

Abraham Lincoln

Una Merkel

Ann Rutledge

William L. Thorne

Tom Lincoln

Lucille La Verne

Mid-Wife

Helen Freeman

Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Otto Hoffman

Offut

Edgar Dearing

Armstrong

Russell Simpson

Lincoln's Employer

Charles Crockett

Sheriff

Kay Hammond

Mary Todd Lincoln

Helen Ware

Mrs. Edwards

E. Alyn Warren

Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant

Jason Robards Sr.

Herndon

Ian Keith

John Wilkes Booth

Cameron Prud'Homme

John Hay - Secretary to the President

James Bradbury Sr.

Gen. Winfield Scott

James Eagles

Young Soldier

Oscar Apfel

Secretary of War Stanton

Frank Campeau

General Sheridan

Hobart Bosworth

General Robert E. Lee

Henry B. Walthall

Colonel Marshall

Hank Bell

Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)

Maurice Black

Conspirator (uncredited)

Ed Brady

Confederate Courier (uncredited)

Robert Brower

(uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Conspirator (uncredited)

Mary Forbes

Actress (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)

Robert Homans

A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)

Jane Keckley

Matchmaker (uncredited)

Robert Keith

Union Courier (uncredited)

Henry Kolker

New Englander (uncredited)

Ralph Lewis

Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie

Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Minor Role (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale

Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Kathrin Clare Ward

Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)