Lincoln was elected as a Republican, and the Republicans were explicitly anti-slavery. While the Republican platform did not call for the actual end of slavery, it was clearly opposed to the expansion of it. The South already felt its influence waning as the balance between slave and free areas had been slipping away (since new territories in the West were not suited to the plantation economy of which slavery was an integral part). Pro-secession leaders in the South saw the election of Lincoln as the beginning of the end of the South's way of life, so they decided to test the resolve of the Federal Government, President Lincoln, and the Free States to hold the Union together. No state had seriously attempted to secede before, and no one really knew whether or not it would be allowed.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the Untied States in 1861. His inauguration was held on March 4, 1861.
Abe Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and re-elected in 1864. He stayed in office until 1865. Same year as his untimely death.
Appointed Postmaster and elected into the legislature as a Whig.
Lincoln won California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
The Republican Party was founded in 1854, with Abraham Lincoln as one of its early members. Prior to that, including during his time in the House of Representatives, Lincoln was in the Whig Party.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States in the year 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected for president on November 6th, 1860
He was elected as the 16th president of the United States.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the Untied States in 1861. His inauguration was held on March 4, 1861.
Abarham lincoln was elected president in 1860
No, because he was assassinated.
It was on 9th November 1860.
He was living in Springfield, Illinois when he was elected in 1860.
Lincoln was was elected president in the year of 1860, so he was officially the president in 1861