The Election of 1860

     The United States presidential election of 1860 was run primarily between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.  Lincoln was a northern republican and Douglas was a southern democrat.  Douglas' running mate was Herschel Johnson and Lincoln's was Hannibal Hamlin.  Lincoln received most of his support from New York, California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and his home state of Illinois.  His contender received support from most of the southern "slave" states, such as Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.  On the day of the election, however, Douglas only won one state's electoral votes, Kentucky's.  He did win over 1 million votes in for the popular vote (a lot back then), but could not sway a majority of any state besides Kentucky.  Because of this Lincoln won the election.