1860 presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1860_presidential_election
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Bell's_home_state gptkb:Tennessee
gptkbp:Bell's_percentage_of_popular_vote 12.6%
gptkbp:Bell's_running_mate gptkb:Edward_Everett
gptkbp:Breckinridge's_home_state gptkb:Kentucky
gptkbp:Breckinridge's_percentage_of_popular_vote 18.1%
gptkbp:Breckinridge's_running_mate gptkb:Joseph_Lane
gptkbp:Constitutional_Union_Party_candidate gptkb:John_Bell
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 6, 1860
gptkbp:DemocraticNominee gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkbp:Douglas's_home_state gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:Douglas's_percentage_of_popular_vote 29.5%
gptkbp:Douglas's_running_mate gptkb:Herschel_V._Johnson
gptkbp:electoral_votes_for_Bell 39
gptkbp:electoral_votes_for_Breckinridge 72
gptkbp:electoral_votes_for_Douglas 12
gptkbp:electoral_votes_for_Lincoln 180
gptkbp:first_Republican_president_elected gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:followedBy 1864 presidential election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1860 presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkbp:Lincoln's_home_state gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:Lincoln's_percentage_of_popular_vote 39.8%
gptkbp:Lincoln's_running_mate gptkb:Hannibal_Hamlin
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:John_Bell
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Democratic_Party_split
Southern secession after results
rise of Republican Party
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_needed_to_win 152
gptkbp:number_of_states_participating 33
gptkbp:numberOfIssues slavery
states' rights
Union preservation
gptkbp:popular_vote_for_Bell 590,901
gptkbp:popular_vote_for_Breckinridge 848,019
gptkbp:popular_vote_for_Douglas 1,380,202
gptkbp:popular_vote_for_Lincoln 1,865,908
gptkbp:precededBy 1856 presidential election
gptkbp:significance precipitated the American Civil War
led to secession of Southern states
gptkbp:Southern_Democratic_Party_candidate gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:voterTurnout 81.2%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wide_Awakes_(19th-century_American_political_organization)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7