Resultado da Busca
13 de mai. de 2024 · U.S. presidential election of 1860, American election in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. After Lincoln’s election seven Southern states seceded, setting the stage for the American Civil War.
- Results of the 1860 Election
American presidential election, 1860 presidential candidate...
- United States Presidential Election of 1856
The act, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of...
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the...
- Results of the 1860 Election
5 de mai. de 2024 · The four candidates for the 1860 Presidential election. Clockwise from top right: Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell – The Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Campaign of 1860: the Road to the Lincoln Presidency.
Há 3 dias · He reached a national audience in the 1858 Senate campaign debates against Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln ran for president in 1860, sweeping the North to gain victory. Pro-slavery elements in the South viewed his election as a threat to slavery, and Southern states began seceding from the nation.
Há 2 dias · After two ballots - the 59th ballot overall - the remaining Democrats nominated Stephen A. Douglas from Illinois for president. The election would now pit Lincoln against his longtime political rival, whom Lincoln had lost to in the Illinois senate race just two years earlier.
- 81.8% 2.4 pp
Há 6 dias · He is a local historian, author of a prize-winning two-volume biography of U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas, and a frequent speaker on Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and antebellum America.
17 de mai. de 2024 · The Northern wing nominated Stephen A. Douglas on a platform favouring the doctrine of popular sovereignty, whereby the people of each territory would decide whether to allow slavery within their region’s boundaries, while the Southerners chose Breckinridge on a separate ticket demanding federal intervention to protect slave holdings.
