The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
Tennessee seceded from the Union after President Lincoln was elected and began raising an army. =]
A state that had not seceded by Lincoln's Inauguration?
They seceded from the nation.
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The election of Abraham Lincoln.
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
Abraham Lincoln (Correction) No, it was still Buchanan. South Carolina seceded immediately they heard that Lincoln had won the election. But he was not inaugurated until March.
Abraham Lincoln
they seceded from the union
South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1864 , while James Buchanan was President and soon after Lincoln's election became official. The other ten seceded on June 8, 1861, after Abraham Lincoln had taken office as President.
They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.