nov 6, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States
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The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was the nineteenth election to select the President and Vice President of the United States. The election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War as the US had been divided during the 1850s on questions surrounding expansion of slavery and the rights of slave owners. In the face of a divided opposition, the newly created Republican Party secured a majority of the electoral votes, putting Abraham Lincoln in the White House with almost no support from the South and marked the end of the South’s political dominance over the nation.
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