What happened in result to Lincoln being elected president?

Answer 1

There was a divided field of four candidates.

Answer 2

Lincolns Election was about how he was hated by some people and that he was stupid to free slaves but on the other hand how he died out at a movie theature and it was just like a drive by.But he was such a hero and such a great man.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. Opposition to Lincoln was divided with 3 candidates challenging him. Lincoln won 39.8% of the popular vote and defeated John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In the 1860 presidential election Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4%), Southern Democratic candidate John Breckinridge from Kentucky received 72 electoral votes, Constitutional Party candidate John Bell from Tennessee received 39 electoral votes, and Northern Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas from Illinois received 12 electoral votes. Lincoln received his electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. John Breckinridge received electoral votes from Alabama 9, Arkansas 4, Delaware 3, Florida 3, Georgia 10, Louisiana 6, Maryland 8, Mississippi 7, North Carolina 10, South Carolina 8, and Texas 4. Douglas received votes from Missouri and New Jersey. Douglas received Missouri's 9 electoral votes. New Jersey electors split their vote giving 4 to Lincoln and 3 to Douglas. John Bell received electoral votes from Virginia 15, Kentucky 12, and Tennessee 12.

Answer 4

South Carolina announced that it was seceding from the USA.