The United States Presidential Election of 1860 was contested between three candidates - Republican Abraham Lincoln, Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
The four candidates in the 1860 presidential campaign were: Abraham Lincoln- Republican John C. Breckinridge- Southern Democratic John Bell- Constitutional Union/ Whig Stephen A Douglas- Northern Democratic
The Democratic Party broke apart in 1860 over the issue of slavery.
NomineesAbraham Lincoln- Hannibal Hamlin- Republican won the electionJohn Breckenridge- Joseph Lane- Southern Democrat---John Bell- Edward Everett- Constitutional Union---Stephen Douglas- Herschel Johnson- Democrat---CandidatesThe Northern Democratic candidates were: Stephen A. Douglas, James Guthrie, Robert M. T. Hunter, Joseph Lane, Daniel S. Dickenson, and Andrew Johnson. The Constitutional Union candidates were: John Bell, Sam Houston, John J. Crittenden, Edward Everett, William A. Graham, and John McLean. The Republican candidates were: Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase and Edward Bates. And finally, the Southern Democratic candidates were John C. Breckinridge, and Daniel S. Dickenson.
There were three other candidates in 1860 who all had less than 40 percent of the votes. The popular vote doesn't even determine who becomes president, the electoral college does. Lincoln received more electoral votes than the other 3 candidates combined.
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Abraham Lincoln
There were only four candidates for the 1860 presidential election: Abraham Lincoln -- Republican John C. Breckinridge -- Democratic John Bell -- Constitution Union Stephen A. Douglas -- Democratic
There were four candidates running for Presidency in 1860. Lincoln won against them with 40% of the popular vote. This included Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas a Northern democrat.
Stephen A. Douglas - Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic)Abraham Lincoln - Hannibal Hamlin (Republican),John C. Breckinridge - Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic)John Bell - Edward Everett (Constitutional Union).Abraham Lincoln won the election to become the 16th President of the United States.
Stephen Douglas
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1860 Presidential ElectionThe candidates for the Presidential election of 1860 were; Stephen A. Douglas - Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic) Abraham Lincoln - Hannibal Hamlin (Republican), John C. Breckinridge - Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic), and John Bell - Edward Everett (Constitutional Union). Abraham Lincoln won the election to become the 16th President of the United States. President Lincoln was in office from March 4, 1861 until April 15, 1865 when he was assassinated in the first year of his second term.
Stephen Douglas
No, he ran for U.S. President in 1860 as the Democratic Party's southern candidate.
The candidates in the 1860 presidential election were Abraham Lincoln who was a republican and John C. Breckinridge who was a Southern Democratic. John Bell and Stephen Douglas were also candidates. Both Lincoln and Douglas wanted to end slavery.
The Democratic split was so severe during the 1860 elections that the party actually put two candidates up to run against each other in the presidential election. The candidates' names were Stephen Douglas and John Breckenridge.
The four candidates in the 1860 presidential campaign were: Abraham Lincoln- Republican John C. Breckinridge- Southern Democratic John Bell- Constitutional Union/ Whig Stephen A Douglas- Northern Democratic