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The Southern Democrats Supported Slavery & They Elected John Breckenridge As Their Democratic Presidential Candidate.
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Franklin Pierce, a former representative and senator from New Hampshire, was the candidate of the Democratic Party in 1852. He went on to be elected president that year.
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No- John Breckenridge was the candidate of the Southern Democrats in 1860. John Bell ran for the Constitutional Union Party.
Northern Democrats supported civil rights and social welfare programs, while Southern Democrats supported segregation and states' rights. In the 1960s, Northern Democrats supported candidates like John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, while Southern Democrats supported candidates like George Wallace and Strom Thurmond.
Northern Democrats nominated Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois; Southern Democrats nominated Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
Each branch will be entitled to nominate one candidate to be top of the list in their region
when they cannot agree on who to nominate as their candidate.