he was a man who didnt believe in slaveryy./;
First time round - because the Democrats had split into two (North and South), so the newly-formed Republican party was bound to win, with Lincoln as compromise candidate because he was moderate on the slavery question.
Second time round - because there had just been some dramatic Union victories, with Sherman capturing Atlanta, Sheridan seeing off the Confederates in the Shenandoah, and Farragut liberating the port of Mobile.
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No Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States
No, President Abraham Lincoln was the United States of America's 16th President.
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Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican president in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president.