Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
South Carolina the first southern state to secede on December 20, 1860, and James Buchanan was President, and Abraham Lincoln was the President elect.
Buchanan
The first state to secede from the American Union was South Carolina. Directly as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th American president, this southern state seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
Abraham Lincoln (Correction) No, it was still Buchanan. South Carolina seceded immediately they heard that Lincoln had won the election. But he was not inaugurated until March.
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South Carolina seceded from Union December 20th, 1860
Zviad Gamsakhurdia was the first democratically elected president of The Republic of Georgia .
After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States 1860, some southern states seceded from the Union. Later, other southern states, including Virginia, seceded to- form the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.
Texas seceded on February 1st.