Articles related to "1860 Election"

In 1860, New England academics and radicals supported a largely unknown Westerner for president. That year, this voting bloc helped Abraham Lincoln win the White House.

Many factors enabled a fledgling Republican Party to capture the White House in 1860 but a chief reason may have been the division of the Democrats into three parties.

While both North and South prepared for conflict after the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln sought only to reassure that the South could remain safely in the Union.

Industrialization enabled newspapers and magazines to reach millions of Americans, affecting public opinion regarding war with Spain, social concerns, & political issues.

Tall, stately and formal, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.

President Abraham Lincoln has been called both racist and "Great Emacipator" of black slaves. He originally held the views of most whites of the time, but changed.

In 1856, James Buchanan became America's only bachelor president. Interestingly, his niece, Harriet Lane, was the first woman to be called "First Lady."

What was intended to be the final decision regarding slavery in America created the greatest schism between North and South, and set the country on course for civil war.