U.S. presidential election of 1860

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._presidential_election_of_1860
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:ConstitutionalUnionCandidate gptkb:John_Bell
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 6, 1860
gptkbp:electoralVotesForJohnBell 39
gptkbp:electoralVotesForJohnCBreckinridge 72
gptkbp:electoralVotesForStephenADouglas 12
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:U.S._presidential_election_of_1864
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. presidential election of 1860
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:John_Bell
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:NorthernDemocraticCandidate gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkbp:notableFor Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in most Southern states
Republican Party's first presidential victory
four-way race
no candidate won a majority of the popular vote
gptkbp:popularVoteForJohnBell 590,901
gptkbp:popularVoteForJohnCBreckinridge 848,019
gptkbp:popularVoteForStephenADouglas 1,380,202
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:U.S._presidential_election_of_1856
gptkbp:RepublicanNominee gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:significance led to the secession of Southern states
immediate cause of the American Civil War
gptkbp:SouthernDemocraticCandidate gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 33
gptkbp:vicePresidentialRunningMateOfAbrahamLincoln gptkb:Hannibal_Hamlin
gptkbp:vicePresidentialRunningMateOfJohnBell gptkb:Edward_Everett
gptkbp:vicePresidentialRunningMateOfJohnCBreckinridge gptkb:Joseph_Lane
gptkbp:vicePresidentialRunningMateOfStephenADouglas gptkb:Herschel_V._Johnson
gptkbp:voterTurnout 81.2%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 303
180
1,865,908
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Secession_of_South_Carolina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6