jan 1, 1860 - Election of Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.
Connection: The elections of 1860. Lincoln had to face off against Douglas from a heavily divided Democratic Party as well as Breckinridge and Bell.
Website:https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president
Image URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/16_abraham_lincoln.jpg

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