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-There were two Democratic candidates, a Northern Democrat (Stephen Douglas) and a Southern Democrat (vice president John C. Breckinridge)

-It was the only election in which a candidate of the Constitutional Union party ran (John Bell)

-Douglas received over 5 million more popular votes than Breckinridge did, but Breckinridge came in second place in the election, getting 72 electoral votes to Douglas's 12. Despite getting 29 percent of the popular vote, the only state Douglas won was Missouri.

-Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president after getting only 39.8% of the popular vote.

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