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Some of the other candidates were: Stephen Douglas, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and Hannibal Hamlin.
The republican party was who wanted Lincoln to run for president. The other possible candidates were William Seward, Salmon Chase, and Edward Bates.
Lincoln won the 1860 election because he had the most votes. He didn't have a majority by himself, but there were four candidates running and he had more than the others.
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The candidates in the 1860 presidential election were Abraham Lincoln who was a republican and John C. Breckinridge who was a Southern Democratic. John Bell and Stephen Douglas were also candidates. Both Lincoln and Douglas wanted to end slavery.
Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union John Bell, & Democrat Stephen Douglas.
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Certainly not- Lincoln and his party held the strongest ant-slavery position of the candidates.
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Lincoln, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, & Eisenhower.
There was a divided field of four candidates.
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