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%
Yes. 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.
Republican 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%).
South Carolina and other states delcared secession, but it was rejected and found illegal by the current president and the president elect.
Lincoln favored the North
He won the votes from the north
Both South and North liked it
The bloodiest battle in US history.
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Lincoln was the Republican candidate in 1860 and he won the election.
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Lincoln won the election of 1860.
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Lincoln ran in the election of 1860.
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
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Abraham Lincoln was the winning Republican candidate for president in 1860.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
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