USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -South Carolina would be the first state to secede from the Union, on December 20, 1860, and would join the newly formed Confederate States of America in the February of the following year. South Carolina would not vote in another presidential election until 1868.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election prompted a rapid succession of dramatic events. On November 10 James Chesnut of South Carolina became the first senator to leave the Senate to support the Confederacy. On December 20 South Carolina seceded from the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -The national outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a victory in both the popular vote and the electoral vote, with just under 40 percent of the popular vote, which totaled 1, 866, 452, and 180 electoral votes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The split in the Democratic party is sometimes held responsible for Lincoln’s victory despite the fact that Lincoln won the election with less than 40% of the popular vote, as much of the anti-Republican vote was “wasted” in Southern states in which no ballots for Lincoln were circulated.