Election of 1860

 

Summary

This leaflet, distributed before the 1860 election in Maryland, endorsed John Bell and Edward Everett for President and Vice President of the United States. Bell and Everett ran on the Constitutional Union party ticket, which was neutral on the issues of slavery in the United States. The party was…

This leaflet, created by the campaign to elect John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane on the Democratic presidential ticket in the 1860 election, outlines their policy platform and positions on different issues. They state that they believe in the Constitution and that they would allow the people…

<p><span class="deck">In 1860, Southern delegates bolted the Democratic convention at Charleston. An eyewitness describes the first giant step toward secession</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Every presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then, the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But, after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> A student of the speech that changed Lincoln’s career visits the place where he gave it</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Lincoln’s oration at New York’s Cooper Union showed that the prairie lawyer could play in the big leagues</span></p>

<p>Lincoln came out a victor in the 1860 presidential election despite winning only 2 percent of the Southern vote </p>