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On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party.

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Vice President John C. Breckinridge. If I was alive in 1860, I would've voted for Vice President Breckinridge.

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He defeated Stephen Douglas.

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