Election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Election_of_Abraham_Lincoln_(1860)
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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:date November 6, 1860
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:followedBy gptkb:United_States_presidential_election,_1864
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Election of Abraham Lincoln (1860)
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:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainCandidate 4
gptkbp:major_third_parties gptkb:Constitutional_Union_Party
gptkb:Southern_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Democratic_Party_split
formation of Constitutional Union Party
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_(Bell) 39
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_(Breckinridge) 72
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_(Douglas) 12
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_(Lincoln) 180
gptkbp:number_of_electoral_votes_available 303
gptkbp:number_of_states_carried_(Bell) 3
gptkbp:number_of_states_carried_(Breckinridge) 11
gptkbp:number_of_states_carried_(Douglas) 1
gptkbp:number_of_states_carried_(Lincoln) 18
gptkbp:numberOfIssues slavery
states' rights
Union preservation
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:John_Bell
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:popular_vote_(Bell) 590,901
gptkbp:popular_vote_(Breckinridge) 848,019
gptkbp:popular_vote_(Douglas) 1,380,202
gptkbp:popular_vote_(Lincoln) 1,865,908
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:United_States_presidential_election,_1856
gptkbp:significance led to the secession of Southern states
precipitated the American Civil War
gptkbp:voterTurnout 81.2%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Republican_Party_(historically)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6