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In January 1865, President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war, and the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states. He feels it imperative to pass the amendment beforehand, to remove any possibility that freed slaves might be re-enslaved.

The Radical Republicans fear the amendment will be defeated by some who wish to delay its passage; support from Republicans in the border states is not yet assured. The amendment also requires the support of several Democratic congressmen to pass. With dozens of Democrats being lame ducks after losing their re-election campaigns in the fall of 1864, some of Lincoln's advisors believe he should wait for a new Republican-heavy Congress. Lincoln remains adamant about having the amendment in place before the war is concluded and the southern states readmitted.

Lincoln's hopes rely upon the support of Francis Preston Blair, a founder of the Republican Party whose influence could win over members of the western and border state conservative faction. With Union victory in the Civil War highly likely, but not yet secured, and with two sons serving in the Union Army, Blair is keen to end hostilities. Therefore, in return for his support, Blair insists that Lincoln allow him immediately to engage the Confederate government in peace negotiations. Yet Lincoln knows that significant support for the amendment comes from Radical Republicans, for whom negotiated peace is unacceptable. Unable to proceed without Blair's support, Lincoln reluctantly authorizes Blair's mission.

In the meantime, Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward work to secure Democratic votes for the amendment. Lincoln suggests they concentrate on the lame duck Democrats, as they will feel freer to vote as they choose, and will also soon need employment; Lincoln will have many federal jobs to fill as he begins his second term. Though Lincoln and Seward are unwilling to offer monetary bribes to the Democrats, they authorize agents to contact Democratic congressmen with offers of federal jobs in exchange for their support.

At a key moment in the debate, racial-equality advocate Thaddeus Stevens agrees to moderate his position and argue that the amendment represents only legal equality, not a declaration of actual equality. Meanwhile, Confederate envoys are ready to meet with Lincoln to discuss terms for peace, but he instructs they be kept out of Washington, as the amendment approaches a vote on the House floor. Rumor of their mission circulates, prompting both Democrats and conservative Republicans to advocate postponing the vote. But in a carefully worded statement, Lincoln denies there are envoys in Washington, and the vote proceeds, passing by a margin of just two votes. Black visitors to the gallery celebrate, and Stevens returns home to his "housekeeper" and lover, a black woman.

When Lincoln meets with the Confederates, he tells them slavery cannot be restored, as the North is united for ratification of the amendment, and several of the southern states' reconstructed legislatures would also vote to ratify. On April 3, Lincoln visits the battlefield at Petersburg, Virginia, where he exchanges a few words with Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant. Six days later, Grant receives General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

On April 14, Lincoln is meeting members of his cabinet to discuss future measures to enfranchise blacks, when he is reminded that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is waiting to take them to their evening at Ford's Theatre. That night, while Lincoln's son Tad is watching Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp at Grover's Theatre, the manager suddenly stops the play to announce that the President has been shot. The next morning Lincoln dies; Secretary of War Edwin Stanton declares, "Now he belongs to the ages".

Lincoln household

• Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln
• Sally Field as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln
• Gloria Reuben as Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who was dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln
• Gulliver McGrath as Tad Lincoln
• Stephen Henderson as Lincoln's valet William Slade
• Elizabeth Marvel as Mrs. Jolly

Union Army

• Adam Driver as Lincoln's telegraph operator, historically Grant's operator, Samuel Beckwith
• Jared Harris as Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
• Asa-Luke Twocrow as Lieutenant Colonel Ely S. Parker, a Native American Military Secretary to Grant and drafter of the terms of the Confederate Army's surrender at Appomattox Court House
• Colman Domingo as Private Harold Green
• David Oyelowo as Corporal Ira Clark
• Lukas Haas as First White Soldier
• Dane DeHaan as Second White Soldier

White House

• David Strathairn as Secretary of State William H. Seward
• Bruce McGill as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton
• Joseph Cross as Major John Hay, Lincoln's military secretary
• Jeremy Strong as John George Nicolay, Lincoln's private secretary
• Grainger Hines as Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles
• Richard Topol as Attorney General James Speed
• Dakin Matthews as Secretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher
• Walt Smith as Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden
• James Ike Eichling as Postmaster General William Dennison

House of Representatives

• Tommy Lee Jones as Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania. A leader of the Radical Republicans and a fervent abolitionist, Stevens feared that Lincoln would "turn his back on emancipation."
• Lee Pace as Democratic Congressman Fernando Wood of New York
• Peter McRobbie as Democratic Congressman George H. Pendleton of Ohio, leader of the Democratic opposition
• Bill Raymond as Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax of Indiana, a Republican
• David Costabile as Republican Congressman James Ashley of Ohio
• Stephen Spinella as radical Republican Congressman Asa Vintner Litton
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Democratic Congressman George Yeaman of Kentucky
• Boris McGiver as Democratic Congressman Alexander Coffroth of Pennsylvania
• Walton Goggins as Democratic Congressman Clay Hawkins of Ohio
• David Warshofsky as Congressman William Hutton, whose brother died in the war
• Michael Stanton Kennedy as Republican Congressman Hiram Price of Iowa
• Raynor Scheine as Republican Congressman Josiah S. "Beanpole" Burton of Missouri
• Christopher Evan Welch as Clerk of the House Edward McPherson

Republican Party

• Hal Holbrook as Francis Preston Blair. Blair was an influential Republican politician who tried to arrange a peace agreement between the Union and the Confederacy. Holbrook had previously portrayed Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Carl Sandburg's Lincoln and in the 1980s North and South miniseries.
• James Spader as Republican Party operative William N. Bilbo. Bilbo had been imprisoned but was freed by Lincoln, and then lobbied for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.
• Tim Blake Nelson as lobbyist Richard Schell. (Schell was a Democratic lobbyist who worked with Republicans to obtain votes in the House for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.)
• John Hawkes as Republican operative Colonel Robert Latham
• Byron Jennings as Conservative Republican Montgomery Blair, son of Francis Preston Blair
• Julie White as Elizabeth Blair Lee. Lee was the daughter of Francis Preston Blair, and wrote hundreds of letters documenting events during the Civil War.
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lydia Smith: Smith was Thaddeus Stevens' biracial housekeeper.
• Wayne Duvall as Radical Republican Senator Benjamin "Bluff Ben" Wade
• John Hutton as Senator Charles Sumner

Confederate States

• Jackie Earle Haley as Confederate States Vice President Alexander H. Stephens Stephens had served with Lincoln in Congress as Whig party representatives from 1847 to 1849. He met with Abraham Lincoln on the steamboat River Queen at the unsuccessful Hampton Roads Conference on February 3, 1865
• Gregory Itzin as John Archibald Campbell. Campbell was a former Supreme Court Justice who had resigned at the start of war and then served as Assistant Secretary of War in the Confederate government. He was also a member of the Confederate delegation that met with Lincoln at the Hampton Roads Conference.
• Michael Shiflett as the third Confederate delegate to Hampton Roads, Senate President Robert M. T. Hunter
• Christopher Boyer (non-speaking role) as Robert E. Lee