President Jefferson Davis.
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
The 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln
President elect Abraham Lincoln viewed secession as being unconstitutional. He was hesitant, however, to use force to forbid states to actually secede. On the other hand, President Buchanan also saw secession as illegal but unlike Lincoln, did not believe the federal government had the constitutional authority to use force against states that did secede.
quick military action to show the folly of secession.
Abraham Lincoln was the president when Abraham Lincoln was the president.
As illegal and a violation of the US Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America.
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
Abraham Lincoln become president in March 1861.
No. John Tyler was the tenth president. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president.
Abraham Lincoln placed blame for the Civil War squarely on the seceded Southern States. He viewed the secession as an act of treason, which justified the start of the Civil War.