Go ask Abe Lincoln
Go ask Abe Lincoln
The Democrat Party had split into two factions - Northern and Southern. So the Republicans were bound to win.
The presidential election of 1860 had four candidates. The Republicans were behind Abraham Lincoln. The Democrats were split three ways in a manner of speaking. It would be safe to say the the Northern Democrats backed Senator Stephan Douglas as their nominee.
The regular election lasts for four years. But the president can be elected again if he runs for president for a second time. If he is voted for president, then he can serve for another four years. That same thing happened to John F. Kennedy but he got shot in his second election. So he only was president for 7 years.
In a simplification, the two parties split over slavery to make four parties. More exactly, a new party, the Republicans became a force and took in the Northern Whigs but also added new constituents .
Four Crosses railway station was created in 1860.
Lincoln won the presidency with less than half of the popular vote
yes. It is not only possible but has actually happened four times- in 1824,1876,1888 and 2000.
That scenario has happened exactly four times as of 2017, with Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson.
There was a divided field of four candidates.
1824,1860,1896 and 1932