Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect when the Southern states began to secede. Some of them seceded after he was inaugurated as President.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
Seceded from the USA
Southern states threatened to secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected as president.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. When some southern states decided to secede, they elected their own "president" Jefferson Davis. Lincoln remained President of the United States - all the United States - he just wasn't recognized as such by the southern states that seceded. He was not "President of the North".
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and states began to secede.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected for president on November 6th, 1860
He was elected as the 16th president of the United States.