Presidential Election of 1860

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Presidential Election of 1860 Candidates Issues Outcome

Candidates Abraham Lincoln….Republican * virtually unknown outside of Illinois * moderate stance on slavery * stop the spread of slavery * no interference with southern slavery * south called him “Black Republican”

Candidates Stephen Douglas…Northern Democrats * popular sovereignty John C. Breckenridge..Southern Democrat * supported Dred Scott Decision (proslavery) John Bell…Constitutional Union Party * no stance on slavery (popular sovereignty)

Outcome of Election of 1860 Lincoln wins with less than 50% of popular vote Lincoln won electoral vote 180-123 Lincoln had sectional rather than national support Southern reaction to Lincoln’s election??

“The time for compromise has now passed”---Jefferson Davis South felt threatened…feared loss of slave labor and States Rights Dec. 20, 1860..South Carolina seceded Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas February 4, 1861…Confederate States of America formed in Montgomery, AL Elected Jefferson Davis as president

From Buchanan to Lincoln Lincoln elected in Nov. 1860….took office in March of 1861 Pres. Buchanan said secession was illegal…but he did nothing about it Mass resignations of southerners in Congress Would the North let the South go????