No. He received about 39% in a four way race. He did, however, receive a majority in the Electoral College.
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Nationwide except for South Carolina, which was not yet using popular vote as its method for elector selection, Abraham Lincoln's total of popular votes in 1860 was about 39.65% of votes cast. He is the only person known to have received a majority of electoral votes with less than 40% of the nationwide popular votes.
Two states, West Virginia and Nevada, were admitted to the Union during the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
In the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln carried all of the New England states, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California and Oregon. In nine of the southern states, he did not receive a single popular vote. In 1864, Lincoln carried every Union state except New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky.
Yes, of course. He had an inaugural on March 4, 1816 and again in March 4. 1865.
Abraham Lincoln is the most written about person in history right after Jesus
We know he had about 18 months of formal schooling. He was basically self taught, and an avid reader.
Abraham Lincoln did not discover but invented a devise for raising vessels and boats off sand bars. He was granted a patent for the invention of the devise, and has been the only US President, to receive a patent. The invention was never formally applied in the construction of a boat or vessel.