James Buchanan
Yes, it was the first state that seceded.
Jefferson Davis
The first state to secede from the American Union was South Carolina. Directly as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th American president, this southern state seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
South Carolina seceded from Union December 20th, 1860
withdrawing from the union (answer A ...cough...cough)
South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to secede from the Union.
It joined the Union as the 20th US State on 10 December 1817. It seceded from the Union on 9 January 1861 and was readmitted on 23 February 1870.
South Carolina
In 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union