dec 24, 1860 - South Carolina seceeds
Description:
With the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln, who ran on a message of containing slavery to where it currently existed, and the success of the Republican Party to which he belonged – the first entirely regional party in US history – in that election, South Carolina seceded on December 20, 1860, the first state to ever officially secede from the United States.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 24, 1860
Now
~ 164 years ago