Lincoln elected president Nov. 6, 1860 By Andrew Glass. 11/06/2007 06:01 AM EST. Link ... On this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the presidency, ...

If Abraham Lincoln had lost the election to the (Northern) Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas, I do not believe that seven states of the Deep South would have seceded so quickly or formed a ...

On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. It took 68 days for the news to travel to England then on to Melbourne by ship.

On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in an act that that led to the Civil War. But Lincoln’s actual ...

On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. The Republican received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated representatives from a ...

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Michael Green taught a class on Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. He described the political climate of the antebellum era, background ...

It's a good thing too, because Lincoln - running against three other candidates - won the 1860 Presidential Election with just 39% of the vote. Cornelius did the math and said that's happened 18 ...

He cannot be elected. And we must have another ticket to save us from utter overthrow.” That verdict came from the pen of Horace Greeley , editor of the New York Tribune, heading into Abraham ...

During this year’s presidential contest, Abraham Lincoln’s name has been brandished by both candidates, but a recent discovery of rare documents at the Museum of Darien offers a true glimpse ...

That may have diminished his chances; Lincoln lost the nativist counties and the election. But many nativists became Republicans and were in the party that nominated him for the presidency in 1860.

On this date in 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln first gained national stature two years earlier during his campaign and during debates against ...