a single electoral vote
Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
South Carolina
Lincoln's Presidency
Because not a single Southern state went for Lincoln and he represented a threat to their very nature of life.
In the 1860 US presidential election, Virginia, being a southern slave state had no use for Republicans. That party and Abraham Lincoln were seen as a threat to their way of life and their social institutions such as slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Seceded from the USA
Martial law was declared for part of the Civil War by Abraham Lincoln in the state of Maryland. Maryland had many southern sympathizers. It was meant to keep order.
Buchanan. The secession of the first state (South Carolina) was a direct response to Lincoln's election win. But Lincoln was not inaugurated until March 1861.
Lincoln. Capital of Nebraska.
Lincoln is the capital of Nebraska.