LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Congressional election of 1860
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Presidential election of 1856
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Senatorial election of 1858
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Presidential election of 1860
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Election Although Lincoln lost the campaign, the seven debates they held around the state brought him national attention. In May 1860, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, he was nominated for President over better known candidates. Lincoln was elected on November 6, 1860.
Detailed explanation-2: -These debates reinvigorated Lincoln’s political career and propelled him to the spotlight among Republicans. Simultaneously, Douglas used these debates to reaffirm his support for popular sovereignty which further alienated the senator from the Democratic Party.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Illinois, incumbent Stephen A. Douglas (D) and challenger Abraham Lincoln (R) held a series of seven debates, known as the “Lincoln–Douglas debates.” As this election was prior to ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate.