Kadro (27)
Cary ElwesJohn P. Jones (voice)
Sam ElliottWard Hill Lamon (voice)
Neal McDonoughCharles Sumner (voice)
Dermot MulroneyAndrew Curtin (voice)
Matthew BroderickReader
William FichtnerJohn G. Nicolay (voice)
Michael C. HallLeonard Swett (voice)
Keith DavidFrederick Douglass (voice)
David MorseAbraham Lincoln (voice)
Aidan QuinnTheodore Parker (voice)
Gary BuseyJohn C. Calhoun (voice)
David StrathairnRalph Waldo Emerson (voice)
Jason AlexanderNoah Brooks (voice)
Ed AsnerEdward Everett (voice)
Lili TaylorEmily Souder (voice)
Victor GarberWilliam Saunders (voice)
Bob GuntonWilliam Herndon (voice)
Zachary GordonDaniel Skelly (voice)Kelly AyotteSenator (NH)
George TakeiSelf
Lois SmithElizabeth Crawford (voice)
Kevin ConwayDaniel Webster (voice)
Maxwell Perry CottonAlbertus McCreery (voice)
George W. BushHimself (archive footage)
Tom BrokawSelf
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Self
Laura BushSelf