Lincoln was the Republican candidate in 1860 and he won the election.
November 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
1860
1860
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.
Abraham Lincoln won the most popular votes in 1860. He won 39.8% of the popular votes, compared to 29.5% for Douglas, 18.1% for Breckinridge and 12.6% for Bell.
Lincoln ran in the election of 1860.
Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.
Massachusetts voted Abraham Lincoln of the Republican party in the 1860 elections.
Abraham Lincoln was the winning Republican candidate for president in 1860.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th US President, on November 6, 1860, He received 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote.