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Nominee Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge Party Republican Southern Democratic Home state Illinois Kentucky Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Joseph Lane Electoral vote 18072 States carried 18 11 Popular vote 1,865,908848,019 Percentage 39.8% 18.1%
Nominee John Bell Stephen A. Douglas Party Constitutional Union Northern Democratic Home state Tennessee Illinois Running mate Edward Everett Herschel Vespasian Johnson Electoral vote 39 12 States carried 3 1 Popular vote 590,901 1,380,202 Percentage 12.6% 29.5%
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∙ 11y agoYes. The elections that put Abraham Lincoln in his first term were held in 1860.
That was the only presidential election in U.S. history in which a candidate received an absolute majority of electoral votes and less than 40% of nationwide popular votes (where cast). Only John Quincy Adams in 1824 was elected with a lower percentage of nationwide popular votes.
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∙ 11y agoRepublican Abraham Lincoln won with 180 votes (59.4%).
Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge received 72 votes (23.8%).
Constitutional Union Party candidate John Bell received 39 votes (12.9%).
Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas received 12 votes (4.0%).
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∙ 12y agoSouth Carolina and other states delcared secession, but it was rejected and found illegal by the current president and the president elect.
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∙ 14y agoLincoln favored the North
He won the votes from the north
Both South and North liked it
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∙ 13y agoThe bloodiest battle in US history.
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When was the election of Abraham Lincoln?
November 1860
Who won the republican nomination for president in 1860?
Lincoln was the Republican candidate in 1860 and he won the election.
Which republican won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln.
When did Abraham get eleted?
Lincoln won the election of 1860.
Did Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860?
Yes
When was Abraham Lincoln nominated presisent?
Lincoln ran in the election of 1860.
What was the 1860 presidential election about?
The election of 1860 included the following candidates: Abraham Lincoln John Bell John Breckenrige Stephen Douglas The election of 1860 was mostly over the controversial issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won a bitter election
Which candidate in the presidential election of 1860 was not on the ballot in most Southern Statesh candidate in the presidential election of 1860 was not on the ballot in most Southern States?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the Republican Party candidate for president in the Election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln was the winning Republican candidate for president in 1860.
What party and person won the election of 1860?
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
Who won the election of 1860 with 180 electoral votes?
Abraham Lincoln
Who rejected the final compromise effort to stop the secession movement?
Abraham Lincoln, because it underact the gains made by the 1860 election
