Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America, a short-lived nation formed of secessionist states during the American Civil War.
1860, December of 1860
When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, his views on slavery were already known and included:
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Because the Democratic Party had split into two factions (North and South) and the Republicans were bound to win the 1860 election, with their first President, Abraham Lincoln, who would not allow the creation of any more slave-states.
Jefferson Davis was the Confederate President.
Lincoln
When President Lincoln was elected president in 1860, much of the south reacted. Even before Lincoln took office, South Carolina called a convention in the south and delegates voted to secede, thus spurring the Civil War that would follow.
the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
Abraham Licoln.
James Buchanan was the president in 1860 when South Carolina seceded, but Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect , due to take office in March of 1861.
James Buchanan was a bachelor while President of the United States, for one term. He was President from 1856-1860. The southern states began to secede from the Union, once President Lincoln had been elected, in 1860, and began serving as President in 1861.
No. South Carolina seceded on December 20th, 1860, before Lincoln was officially sworn in as President. However, the state did secede as a reaction to Lincoln's election.
South Carolina seceeded on December 20, 1860 after Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election. However Lincoln did not become president until sworn in on March 4, 1861; so James Buchanan was still president when South Carolina seceeded.
His promise to free the slaves in the south
When South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
1860, December of 1860