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   Abraham Lincoln

   In 1834, he won election to the state legislature, and, after coming across the Commentaries on the Laws of England, began to teach himself law. ... Abraham Lincoln
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   History of the United States

   After Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Election, eleven Southern states seceded from the union between late 1860 and 1861, establishing a rebel government, the Confederate States of America, on February 8, 1861.
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   Politics of the United States

   Just six years later, this new party captured the presidency when Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860.
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   History of the United States (1849–1865)

   Election of 1856 ... Abraham Lincoln won the support of the Republican National Convention after it became apparent that William Seward had alienated certain branches of the Republican Party.
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   George B. McClellan

   Lincoln won the election handily, with 212 Electoral College votes to 21 and a popular vote of 403,000, or 55%. ... Abraham Lincoln/Andrew Johnson (National Union) - 2,218,388 (55.0%) and 212 electoral votes
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   Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln

   1860 election · American Civil War · Emancipation Proclamation · Gettysburg Address · Assassination · Burial and exhumation ... Abraham Lincoln
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   United States presidential election, 1860

   1860 election: State-by-state Popular vote results ... Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
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   Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln

   1860 election · American Civil War · Emancipation Proclamation · Gettysburg Address · Second inaugural address · Assassination · Burial and exhumation ... Abraham Lincoln
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   Abraham Lincoln and religion

   ↑ Abraham Lincoln Online ... 1860 election · American Civil War · Emancipation Proclamation · Gettysburg Address · Assassination · Burial and exhumation
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    Third party (United States)

    Republican Abraham Lincoln did not appear on the ballot in any of the 11 states that seceded after the election to form the Confederacy. ... Lincoln won the election with 39.8% of the overall popular vote but 180 electoral votes due to his votes being concentrated in the northern free states.

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• Abraham Lincoln,
• History of the United States,
• Politics of the United States,
• History of the United States (1849–1865),
• George B. McClellan,
• Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln,
• United States presidential election, 1860,
• Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln,
• Abraham Lincoln and religion,
• Third party (United States)