Four major political parties nominated candidates in the 1860 presidential election United states presidential election of 1860, american presidential election held on november 6, 1860, in which republican abraham lincoln defeated southern democrat john c Douglas, and constitutional union candidate john bell. The united states presidential election of 1860 set the stage for the american civil war The nation had been divided throughout most of the 1850s on questions of states' rights and slavery in the territories. The votes of the electoral college were split among four candidates in the 1860 presidential election
The states that lincoln won are shown in red, breckenridge in green, bell in orange and douglas in brown. The election of 1860 firmly established the democratic and republican parties as the majority parties in the united states The united states presidential election of 1860 was perhaps the most pivotal in american history. The election of 1860 occurred on the brink of the civil war The nation grappled politically with the question of slavery, resulting in divided political parties and deep sectionalism which influenced the outcome of the election. Results of the presidential election of 1860, won by abraham lincoln with 180 electoral votes.
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