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The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860.In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin [2] won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states had already abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern ...
Map of the Presidential Election of 1860 between Abraham Lincoln, John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas ... 1=1860 Electoral College}} |Source=Own ...
The 1860 United States elections elected the members of the 37th United States Congress. 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 ...
t. e. In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [ 1 ]
The 1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election.Kentucky voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
v. t. e. The 1860 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was the tipping state in this election, and had Lincoln lost it there would have been a ...
t. e. The 1860 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president . California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, former ...
t. e. The 1860 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who won the state by 42.57%.