21h 46min, nov 6, 1860 y - President Lincoln is elected
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In 1860, Lincoln won the party's presidential nomination. In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas, who represented the Northern faction of a heavily divided Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell.
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Sydney Schulz
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