Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
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.
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Northern Democrats nominated Sen. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois; Southern Democrats nominated Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
The parties that nominated were Republicans and Northern Democrats.
John C. Breckinridge. Stephen A. Douglas was the nominee for the Northern Democrats.
The groups disagree about how slave laws should be decided in the territories
Douglas supported the doctorine of popular sovereignty.
The northern Democrats supported Stephen A. Douglas for President in 1860, but the southern Democrats withheld support for Douglas. The South demanded that Douglas repudiate the Freeport Doctrine and support a federal slave law. The Douglas supporters pointed out that to do that would drive the northern Democrats into the Republican Party.
A. As the 1860 presidential election became closer and closer; the Democratic Party split over slavery. Northern Democrats rallied behind Douglas and Southern Democrats supported Dred Scott.
President Millard Fillmore was a Whig and sought to be nominated by the Whigs for the 1852 US presidential election. His attempt was blocked by members of his own party. Northern anti-slavery Whigs used their power to have General Winfield Scott be the Whig candidate. Scott lost the 1852 election to Democrat Franklin Pierce.
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