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Lincoln served from 1861 to 1865; Johnston from 1865 to 1869. Grant took office in 1869. (The war ended in 1865.)
AnswerJames Buchanan was at then end of his presidency when South Carolina originally succeeded from the Union. He deemed it unconstitutional to let them go, but also unconstitutional to fight to keep them. The reason South Carolina succeeded was because Lincoln had won the presidency, but he had not yet been sworn in.
Abe Lincoln.
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Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
35 Abraham Lincoln was elected as US President, for the first time on November 6, 1860. On this date, none of the Southern States had seceded from the Union, and there were 35 states, in the US. The following month, South Carolina declared its secession on December 20, 1860. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 Southern States had declared secession from the Union.
Lincoln was shot and killed by a Southern sympathizer. His murderer supported the Confederate States of America, and believed that he would be look upon as a hero if he were to kill the President of the United States.
Lincoln was shot and killed by a Southern sympathizer. His murderer supported the Confederate States of America, and believed that he would be look upon as a hero if he were to kill the President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln's primary concern with respect to the southern states when he took office as President was conserving the union.
Abe Lincoln coming to office making to republican rule scared the south and the 11 states seceded
James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
The main things Lincoln did was to unite both the Northern and southern states , after the civil war. and to abolish slavery for good in the U.S.A.
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Yes. The first shots at Fort Sumter were fired in April of 1861 after Lincoln took office. However seven southern states seceded before Lincoln took office, so there was a grave threat of war when Lincoln began his term.
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