Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns and Elections - Miller Center
After Abraham Lincoln's defeat in the race for the U.S. Senate, he spent the next sixteen months speaking and traveling all over the North making campaign speeches for numerous Republican candidates. His style avoided the wordy moral rhetoric of …
1860 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
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 ...
U.S. Presidential Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln vs. John C ...
2024年9月11日 · U.S. presidential election of 1860 was an American election in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. After Lincoln’s election seven Southern states seceded, setting the stage for the American Civil War.
Election of 1860 ‑ Summary, Lincoln & Significance | HISTORY
2017年12月1日 · The election of 1860 was a pivotal presidential election that brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House amid debates on issues of slavery and states' rights.
Abraham Lincoln: Facts, Birthday & Assassination | HISTORY
2009年10月29日 · Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader: His Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery’s abolition, while his Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most...
The Run for President - With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln ...
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was the least known of all of the contenders for the Republican Party's nomination for president. To overcome his disadvantage, Lincoln adopted an unobtrusive publicity campaign.
Abraham Lincoln - Road to Presidency, Stephen A. Douglas, …
1 天前 · Lincoln-Hamlin election poster Election poster, campaign of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, 1860, lithograph. On May 18, 1860, after Lincoln and his friends had made skillful preparations, he was nominated on the third ballot at …
Presidential Election of 1860: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress
2022年10月19日 · Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidential election of 1860 in a four-way contest. Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John Breckenridge (Southern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union). The digital collections of the Library of ...
Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1865 - Smithsonian Institution
Campaign. By the spring of 1860, Lincoln was running against a deeply divided Democratic Party, positioning the nation on the brink of fundamental change. A Republican win would end the South’s political dominance of the Union. Ultimately, …
The 1860 Presidential Election - Lincoln Home National Historic …
2022年10月24日 · The 1860 Presidential Election. In the summer of 1860 the eyes of the nation turned to a Quaker Brown house on the corner of Eighth and Jackson streets in Springfield, Illinois. In May, Abraham Lincoln had been nominated as the Republican candidate for president.