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# Nov 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected president
- URL: https://ivn.us/nov-6-1860-abraham-lincoln-elected-president/
- Published: 2011-11-06T22:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:21:08.000Z
- Author: Jane Susskind
- Tags: News

[themodernhistory](http://themodernhistory.tumblr.com/post/12427188150/nov-6-1860-abraham-lincoln-elected-president?ref=ivn.us):

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> Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois.

> (Image courtesy of [http://www.lincoln-institute.org/](http://www.lincoln-institute.org/?ref=ivn.us))