Election Campaign Of 1860
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Election campaign of 1860. Lincoln did appear at one rally in springfield illinois in august. Between the time lincoln was nominated and the election in november he had little to do. The 1860 republican ticket was the first successful national ticket that did not feature a southerner and the election marked the end of southern political dominance in the united states.
15 november 2020 to call the presidential election of 1860 a campaign fraught with consequences of the most momentous import as new york republicans did at their state convention in april 1860 is to make a rhetorical molehill out of a mountain. Created published republican congressional committee washington d. On february 13 1861 the electoral college votesfor the presidential election of 1860 were counted by a joint session of congress and reported in the congressional globeand the senate journal.
C july 17 1860. Peck examines illinois as a case study in political antislavery from 1818 to the election of abraham lincoln in 1860 while holt surveys the thirty three states that participated in the presidential contest of 1860. The 1860 presidential campaign.
After lincoln s election seven southern states seceded setting the stage for the american civil war. Created published republican congressional committee washington d. Breckinridge democrat stephen a.
Their findings could not be more dissimilar. Three centuries of broadsides and other printed ephemera. Title presidential campaign of 1860.
Title presidential campaign of 1860. Throughout the year tensions rose as many observers increasingly recognized the potential for civil war should the republicans prevail. Presidential election of 1860 american election in which republican abraham lincoln defeated southern democrat john c.