Abraham Lincoln

Henry Fonda

Mary Todd

Marjorie Weaver

Abigail Clay

Alice Brady

Sarah Clay

Arleen Whelan

Efe Turner

Eddie Collins

Ann Rutledge

Pauline Moore

Matt Clay

Richard Cromwell

Prosecutor John Felder

Donald Meek

John Palmer Cass

Ward Bond

Adam Clay

Eddie Quillan

Carrie Sue (credit only)

Judith Dickens

Judge Herbert A. Bell

Spencer Charters

Carrie Sue (uncredited)

Dorris Bowdon

Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)

Jack Kelly

Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

John T. Stuart (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)

Cliff Clark

Juror Bill Killian (uncredited)

Robert Lowery

Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Ninian Edwards (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Sam Boone (uncredited)

Francis Ford

New Salem Townsman (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

Scrub White (uncredited)

Fred Kohler Jr.

Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)

Kay Linaker

Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Woolridge (uncredited)

Russell Simpson

Loafer (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Loafer (uncredited)

George Chandler

Hawthorne (uncredited)

Charles Halton

Mr. Clay

Robert E. Homans

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Dae

Juror

Steven Randall

Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Adam Clay as a Boy

Dick Jones

Barber (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Mr. Clay (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Big Buck Troop (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Louis Mason

Loafer (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Loafer (uncredited)

Dave Morris

Juror (uncredited)

James Pier Mason

Juror (uncredited)

Ivor McFadden

Baby Clay (uncredited)

Sylvia McClure

Bailiff (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Townsman (uncredited)

Robert Milasch

Apple Pie Baker (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Juror (uncredited)

Randall Stevens

Dr. Mason

Clarence H. Wilson

Father

Eddy Waller

Admiring Boy in New Salem (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

Tiny Jones

Boy on Right of Bean Shooter (uncredited)

Billy Watson

Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited)

Robert Shaw