Abraham Lincoln Elected President
On This Day, Abraham Lincoln is elected President
On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, ...
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia
The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon ...
Abraham Lincoln | The White House
Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the ...
Abraham Lincoln elected president | November 6, 1860 | HISTORY
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.
1860 United States presidential election - Wikipedia
This marked the first time that a Republican was elected president. It was also the first presidential election in which both major party candidates were ...
Abraham Lincoln's Presidency | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and again in 1864. His first inauguration, on March 4,1861, featured an unprecedented amount of security around ...
U.S. Presidential Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln vs. John C ...
Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. The electoral split between Northern and Southern Democrats was emblematic of the severe ...
President Abraham Lincoln Biography | American Battlefield Trust
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is known for leading the nation during the Civil War, enacting the Emancipation Proclamation, ...
Abraham Lincoln Elected President, Part III - National Portrait Gallery
Abraham Lincoln fought, during his entire presidency, not just against the South, but also against his critics—a cross-section of Americans that included ...
John Bell, the leading candidate from the Constitutional Union Party, won 45 percent of the popular vote with 66,051 total votes (and all 12 electoral votes).
Lincoln Facts | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
16 facts to Know About our 16th President. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing all slaves in areas under rebellion and ...
Lawyer to President - Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Abraham Lincoln matured from a young man and private citizen into the President-elect during his 24 years in Springfield, Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln | Miller Center
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president (1861-1865), including information about the Civil War, ...
Introduction - Presidential Election of 1860: A Resource Guide
Although Lincoln received less than 40% of the popular vote, he easily won the Electoral College vote over Stephen Douglas (Democrat), John ...
Abraham Lincoln Elected President | Civil War on the Western Border
While Lincoln promises not to take measures against slavery in the South, Southerners widely believe him to be a radical abolitionist, and many Northerners see ...
Abraham Lincoln Event Timeline | The American Presidency Project
Abraham Lincoln (16) Event Timeline 03/04/1861-04/14/1865. 05/16/1860, The Republican National Convention convenes in Chicago.
Abraham Lincoln: Campaigns and Elections | Miller Center
Going into the presidential election of 1860, the issue of slavery had heated the nation to the boiling point. How were the political parties going to ...
United States presidential election of 1864 | Abraham Lincoln vs ...
American presidential election held on November 8, 1864, in which Republican Pres. Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat George B. McClellan.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
The Taste is in my mouth a little… - Abraham Lincoln when asked about running for the Presidency in April 1860. Lincoln was elected to a several terms as a ...
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided - YouTube
My favorite Republican is Lincoln and my favorite Democrat is Kennedy simply because they stood up for what they believed in and inspired ...