SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE ELECTION OF 1860
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson
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John C. Breckinridge
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Donald J. Trump
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Detailed explanation-1: -Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, as he was vice president at that time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Republican Ulysses S. Grant succeeded Johnson as president.
Detailed explanation-3: -With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States (1865-1869), an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states’ rights views.
Detailed explanation-4: -Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.