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Election of 1860:
Who will you
choose?
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
• Republican Party
• Home State: Illinois
• Experience: U.S. Representative
from 1847-1849
• Lawyer
• Opposed the Mexican War
• Opposed the spread of slavery
into new territories
Stephen Douglas
Stephen Douglas
•Northern Democrat
•Home state: Illinois
•Experience: U.S. Senator from
Illinois
• Supported the Mexican War
• Supported popular sovereignty
John Breckinridge
Breckinridge
•Southern Democrat
•Home state: Kentucky
•Experience: Vice-President
under James Buchanan
(1856-1860)
•Wanted to allow slavery in all
new territories
John Bell
John Bell
• Constitutional Union party
• Home state: Tennessee
• Experience: Member of the House of
Representatives and the U.S. Senate
• Did not say whether he was for or
against slavery—just wanted to keep
the union together
Who would YOU have voted for in
1860?
Cast your ballot
NOW!
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