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Abraham Lincoln
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The election of Lincoln as President.
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
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When Abraham Lincoln became president
DecemberDecember 20, 1860 (following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency).
South Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
It caused the south to secede in order to keep their slavery alive .
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
Secede from the USA, one by one, starting with South Carolina.
The election of Abraham Lincoln as President.