The parties that nominated were Republicans and Northern Democrats.
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The root cause was the break-up of the old parties by the slavery question. The Whigs split in 1856 and did not field a candidate. A new party, the Republicans was formed from northern Whigs and anti-slavery factions. The southern whigs and others Southerners formed a new Constitutional Union Party. The Democrats split into north and south and nominated two candidates.
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 Democrats had split into two factions - a North and a South wing - so the newly-formed Republican Party was bound to win the 1860 election. Lincoln had been nominated as its first presidential candidate because he was moderate on slavery.
Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet
Republican Abraham Lincoln and southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge -Novanet