the democrats were able to control the southern states
republican party was eager to protect their power in the north as well as in the south
"Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" This label was applied by a Republican clergyman because the Democrats opposed Prohibition laws, and were supported by many Irish Catholics in the North as well as by former Confederates in the South. The Democrat, Grover Cleveland, won the election despite (or because of) the slogan.
The Democrats had split into two factions - a North and a South wing - so the newly-formed Republican Party was bound to win the 1860 election. Lincoln had been nominated as its first presidential candidate because he was moderate on slavery.
George McClellan was the Democratic Party candidate in the 1864 presidential election. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. In the 1864 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 212 electoral votes and George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.
South Carolina had a long record of not liking Federal interference in their affairs. They were also a strong slave minded state. When the antislavery Republican, Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, South Carolina seceded from the US. This happened on December 20, 1860.
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
As soon as the result of the Presidential election came in - with Lincoln as the first Republican president.
The election of November 1860, when Lincoln was elected as the first president from the Republican Party - the Democratic Party having split into two factions, North and South.
A staunchly Republican state, SC voted to re-elect President Bush in 2004.
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Thomas Jefferson
Although before and after his election, Abraham Lincoln wanted no armed conflicts or a civil war between the North and the South. He tried his best to assure the South he would allow them slavery if they wished. based on the membership of the Republican Party, a party that was created to abolish slavery, the South believed that a Republican US president was going to harm their way of life.
Incumbent President Richard Nixon won reelection in the 1972 presidential election defeating George McGovern.
republican party was eager to protect their power in the north as well as in the south
The election of 1876 in South Carolina was marked by widespread voter fraud and violence. The Republican and Democratic parties both claimed victory, leading to a political and constitutional crisis. Ultimately, a compromise was reached that allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to become president in exchange for the end of Reconstruction and the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
Abraham Lincoln