Abraham Lincoln
Henry Fonda
Abigail Clay
Alice Brady
John Palmer Cass
Ward Bond
Matt Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Jack Kelly
John T. Stuart (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Stephen A. Douglas (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Man with Lynch Mob (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Townsman Dancing at Party (uncredited)
Sam Ash
New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Carrie Sue (uncredited)
Dorris Bowdon
Peach Pie Baker (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Loafer (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Mary Todd
Marjorie Weaver
George Chandler
Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Dae
Sam Boone (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Jeremiah Carter (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Hawthorne (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Tug-o'-War Contest Official (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Mr. Clay (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Scrub White (uncredited)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Adam Clay as a Boy (uncredited)
Dickie Jones
Sarah Clay
Arleen Whelan
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Kay Linaker
Juror Bill Killian (uncredited)
Robert Lowery
Juror (uncredited)
James Pier Mason
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Carrie Sue (credit only)
Judith Dickens
Ivor McFadden
Bailiff (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Robert Milasch
Dave Morris
Frank Orth
Efe Turner
Eddie Collins
Big Buck Troop (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Randall Stevens
Woolridge (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Ninian Edwards (uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Barber (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Apple Pie Baker (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan
Boy on Right of Bean Shooter (uncredited)
Billy Watson
Admiring Boy in New Salem (uncredited)
Delmar Watson
Dancer in Ballroom Seen Dancing with Old Woman (uncredited)
Robert Shaw
Baby Clay (uncredited)
Sylvia McClure
Ann Rutledge
Pauline Moore
Matt Clay
Richard Cromwell
Prosecutor John Felder
Donald Meek
Adam Clay
Eddie Quillan
Judge Herbert A. Bell
Spencer Charters
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer
Lamar Trotti
Stunts
Yakima Canutt
Director
John Ford
Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman
Kenneth Macgowan
Editor
Walter Thompson
Art Direction
Richard Day
Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Decoration
Thomas Little
Costume Design
Royer
Director of Photography
Bert Glennon
Associate Producer
Sound
Eugene Grossman
Roger Heman Sr.