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Lincoln's assassination made him a national martyr. He was viewed by abolitionists as a champion of human liberty. Republicans linked Lincoln's name to their party. Many, though not all, in the South considered Lincoln as a man of outstanding ability. [380] Historians have said he was "a classical liberal" in the 19th-century sense.
The party did the leg work that produced majorities across the North, and produced an abundance of campaign posters, leaflets, and newspaper editorials. There were thousands of Republican speakers who focused first on the party platform, and second on Lincoln's life story, emphasizing his childhood poverty.
The last congressman to represent the National Union Party ended his affiliation with the party in March 1867. Johnson was impeached by the Republican-led House of Representatives in 1868 and was acquitted in the Senate by one vote. Upon the 1869 expiration of Johnson's only term as President, the National Union Party came to an end.
Douglas was the only candidate in the 1860 election to win electoral votes in both free and slave states. In the South, Bell won three states' electoral college seats, and Breckinridge swept the remaining 11. Lincoln's election motivated seven Southern states, all having voted for Breckinridge, to secede before Lincoln's inauguration in March
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 ... President: Abraham Lincoln: 1861–1865 ... Lincoln told the party that he would seek to ratify a ...
Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President (1861–1865) The election of Lincoln as president in 1860 opened a new era of Republican dominance based in the industrial North and agricultural Midwest. The Third Party System was dominated by the Republican Party (it lost the presidency only in 1884 and 1892).
The Republican Party began as the party of Lincoln. Lincoln is remembered and revered for his determination to hold the union together. From an early age, Lincoln viewed slavery as wrong, but his ...
United States Senate election (Illinois), 1858 – Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate and ran against incumbent Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas remained Senator, but the debates between the two propelled the popularity of Lincoln and acquired for him a national reputation, which helped him to be chosen ...