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Election Day 1860. As soon as the returns were in, the burdens of the presidency weighed upon Abraham Lincoln. ... was the choice of the people to fill the most important office in the nation." ...
The importance of the election of 1860. The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee in 1860, was seen as a moderate on slavery, but Southerners feared that his election would lead to its demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected.
Back Matter. Download. XML. Because of its extraordinary consequences and because of Abraham Lincoln's place in the American pantheon, the presidential election of 1860 is probably th...
v. t. e. The 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president . Georgia was won by the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice ...
The votes of the Electoral College were split among four candidates in the 1860 presidential election. The states that Lincoln won are shown in red, Breckenridge in green, Bell in orange and Douglas in brown. With four candidates in the field, Lincoln received only 40% of the popular vote and 180 electoral votes — enough to narrowly win the ...
Nov 30, 2018 · The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was perhaps the most significant election in American history. It brought Lincoln to power at a time of great national crisis, as the country was coming apart over the issue of enslavement. The electoral win by Lincoln, the candidate of the anti-enslavement Republican Party, prompted the states ...
The election of 1860 triggered the collapse of American democracy when the elevation of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency inspired secessionists in the South to withdraw their states from the Union. Lincoln’s election owed much to the disarray in the Democratic Party. The Dred Scott decision and the Freeport Doctrine had opened up huge ...
