The Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat John C. Breckinridge as well as Stephen A. Douglas were the candidates for president in 1860. Abraham Lincoln got most of his support from the North and the Pacific Coast while John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas got most of their support from most Southern states. The result was Lincoln winning the election of 1860.
United States presidential election of 1860 was an American presidential election that was held on November 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas.
Abraham Lincoln got less than forty percent of the vote, but he won a majority in the electoral college with 180 electoral votes by dominating in the North and the Pacific Coast to become president.
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