Walter Huston as Abraham Lincoln

Una Merkel as Ann Rutledge

William L. Thorne as Tom Lincoln

Lucille La Verne as Mid-Wife

Helen Freeman as Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Otto Hoffman as Offut

Edgar Dearing as Armstrong

Russell Simpson as Lincoln's Employer

Charles Crockett as Sheriff

Kay Hammond as Mary Todd Lincoln

Helen Ware as Mrs. Edwards

E. Alyn Warren as Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant

Jason Robards Sr. as Herndon

Gordon Thorpe as Tad Lincoln

Ian Keith as John Wilkes Booth

Cameron Prud'Homme as John Hay - Secretary to the President

James Bradbury Sr. as Gen. Winfield Scott

James Eagles as Young Soldier

Oscar Apfel as Secretary of War Stanton

Frank Campeau as General Sheridan

Hobart Bosworth as General Robert E. Lee

Henry B. Walthall as Colonel Marshall

Hank Bell as Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)

Maurice Black as Conspirator (uncredited)

Ed Brady as Confederate Courier (uncredited)

Robert Brower as (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps as Conspirator (uncredited)

Mary Forbes as Actress (uncredited)

Francis Ford as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)

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

Jane Keckley as Matchmaker (uncredited)

Robert Keith as Union Courier (uncredited)

Henry Kolker as New Englander (uncredited)

Ralph Lewis as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

George MacQuarrie as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

Scott Seaton as Minor Role (uncredited)

Carl Stockdale as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)

Harry Stubbs as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Kathrin Clare Ward as Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)