jan 10, 1860 - Election of 1860
Description:
Abraham Lincoln (R)----winFree soil platform
Stephen Douglas (D)
Northern Democrats
Popular sovereignty
John Breckinridge (D)
Southern Democrats
With support of Buchanan and Fire-Eaters
John Bell (CU)
Coalition of Cotton Whigs and Know-Nothing
"The Union as it is, and the Constitution as it is."
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Date:
jan 10, 1860
Now
~ 165 years ago