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The 1860 Republican National Convention was a presidential nominating convention that met May 16–18 in Chicago, Illinois. It was held to nominate the Republican Party 's candidates for president and vice president in the 1860 election .
Elections for the 37th United States Congress, were held in 1860 and 1861.The election marked the start of the Third Party System and precipitated the Civil War.The Republican Party won control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, making it the fifth party (following the Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Whig Party) to accomplish such a feat.
In the 1856 election, the Republican Party had replaced the defunct Whig Party as the major opposition to the Democrats. The 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln, a former one-term Whig Representative from Illinois. Its platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the South but opposed extension of ...
Special [b]: June 26, 1860 – June 28, 1860 2nd : December 3, 1860 – March 4, 1861 The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives .
The Republican Party and the South, 1855–1877: The First Southern Strategy. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807816809. Lowe, Richard (1973). "The Republican Party in Antebellum Virginia, 1856-1860". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 81 (3). Virginia Historical Society: 259– 79. doi:10.2307/4247810. JSTOR 4247810
The following elections occurred in the year 1860. Most notably, the 1860 United States presidential election was one of the events that precipitated the American Civil War . North America
The 1860 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on 6 November 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters in New Jersey chose seven electors of the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Jersey voters voted for each elector individually, and thus could split their votes.
The 1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .