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The 1861 Presidential election had four candidates. Besides Lincoln, Southern Democrat John Breckinridge, Constitutional Leader John Bell and Democrat Stephen Douglas all ran.

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In 1861 President Lincoln appointed as Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury two men who had earlier been his political opponents who were they?

William H. Seward as Secretary of State and Salmon P. Chase as his Secretary of the Treasury.


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The 16th President of the United States was Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was in office from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865.


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Who was the president of the union in 1861?

Abraham Lincoln - inaugurated in March 1861 as President of 'the Union', not the United States of America.


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Who served as president in 1861-1865?

Abraham Lincoln served a president from March 4, 1861 until his death on April 15, 1865. James Buchanan was president the rest of 1861 and Andrew Johnson became president for the rest of 1865.