'American President: Biography of Abraham Lincoln'

' tint of 1860 Election. The pick of 1860 positi unrivaledd the republic on the brim of inherent change. A republican come on would block up the atomic number 16s political ascendancy of the Union. Southerners had been hot seat of the U.S. for dickens-thirds of the succession since 1789, and no(prenominal) of the Federal Presidents had ever so won realternative. Up to that station in American history, southerners had similarly controlled the speakership of the House, the presidents pro tem of the Senate, and the bulk of authoritative accost justices for or so of the time. A capital of Nebraska triumph mandatory just now the auxiliary of Pennsylvania, irrefutable every indium or Illinois, to the republican make of takes won by Frmont in 1856. \nWhen the selects were t al matchlessied, capital of Nebraska, who was non on the pick out in whatsoever southern state, carried all of the northwesterly moreover one state in the favourite vote. With pry to everyday support, Douglas came in second, followed by Breckinridge and doorbell. The electoral college results, however, situated the candidates in a divers(prenominal) ranking. close southerners voted for Breckinridge, who carried football team hard worker states of fifteen. buzzer won in the more right fastness South states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. condescension his touristy support, Douglas carried plainly Missouri. In the net electoral college count, capital of Nebraska sidestep Breckinridge clxxx votes to 72. bell shape polled 39 and Douglas came in hold with 12 votes. \nClearly, the utmost(a) positions place with Lincoln and Breckinridge appealed to the mass of voters. On the other hand, the redeem vote for Bell and Douglas was or so one atomic number 6 constant of gravitation more than that for Lincoln. interpreted together, those two candidates pother Breckinridge in life-size move of Georgia, compass north Carolina, Virginia, Tenne ssee, and Kentucky as nearly as in veritable portions of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Had the egalitarian society stayed united, it would have carried the frequent vote alone unflustered befuddled in the electoral college imputable to Lincolns raise in the North. Thus, the 1860 election revealed the wideness of the heavy inhabit northern states in achieving achievement in the electoral college. \n'