Henry Fonda as Abraham Lincoln

Alice Brady as Abigail Clay

Marjorie Weaver as Mary Todd

Arleen Whelan as Sarah Clay

Eddie Collins as Efe Turner

Pauline Moore as Ann Rutledge

Richard Cromwell as Matt Clay

Donald Meek as Prosecutor John Felder

Eddie Quillan as Adam Clay

Spencer Charters as Judge Herbert A. Bell

Ward Bond as John Palmer Cass

Jack Kelly as Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell as John T. Stuart (uncredited)

Milburn Stone as Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)

Ernie Adams as Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Sam Ash as Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth as New Salem Townsman (uncredited)

Dorris Bowdon as Carrie Sue (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac as Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns as Loafer (uncredited)

George Chandler as Loafer (uncredited)

Cliff Clark as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)

Frank Dae as Townsman (uncredited)

Francis Ford as Sam Boone (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin as Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)

Charles Halton as Hawthorne (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood as Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited)

Robert Homans as Mr. Clay (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr. as Scrub White (uncredited)

Dickie Jones as Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)

Kay Linaker as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Robert Lowery as Juror Bill Killian (uncredited)

James Pier Mason as Juror (uncredited)

Louis Mason as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Judith Dickens as Carrie Sue (credit only)

Ivor McFadden as Juror (uncredited)

Tom McGuire as Bailiff (uncredited)

Robert Milasch as Townsman (uncredited)

Dave Morris as Loafer (uncredited)

Frank Orth as Loafer (uncredited)

Jack Pennick as Big Buck Troop (uncredited)

Randall Stevens as Juror (uncredited)

Russell Simpson as Woolridge (uncredited)

Charles Tannen as Ninian Edwards (uncredited)

Harry Tyler as Barber (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan as Apple Pie Baker (uncredited)

Billy Watson as Boy on Right of Bean Shooter (uncredited)

Delmar Watson as Admiring Boy in New Salem (uncredited)

Robert Shaw as Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited)

Sylvia McClure as Baby Clay (uncredited)