SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Northern Democratic Party
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Southern Democratic Party
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Constitutional Union Party
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Republican Party
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention met in May 1860, nominating John Bell of Tennessee for president and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for vice president. Party leaders hoped to force a contingent election in the House of Representatives by denying any one candidate a majority in the Electoral College.
Detailed explanation-2: -(Elec. Code, § 5006.) The existing qualified political parties with statutes relating to their activities and the conduct of their presidential primary elections are: the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, the American Independent Party, the Green Party, and the Peace and Freedom Party.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Bell, (born Feb. 15, 1797, near Nashville, Tenn., U.S.-died Sept. 10, 1869, Dover, Tenn.), American politician and nominee for president on the eve of the American Civil War. Bell entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1827 and served there as a Democrat until 1841.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Union and the Constitution” – John Bell (Also “John Bell and the Constitution", and “The Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws.")