the Democrats were able to control the southern states
The democrats were able to control southern states.
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
the Democrats were able to control the southern states
The election of 1876 in South Carolina was marked by widespread voter fraud and violence. The Republican and Democratic parties both claimed victory, leading to a political and constitutional crisis. Ultimately, a compromise was reached that allowed Republican Rutherford B. Hayes to become president in exchange for the end of Reconstruction and the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
As soon as the result of the Presidential election came in - with Lincoln as the first Republican president.
The election of November 1860, when Lincoln was elected as the first president from the Republican Party - the Democratic Party having split into two factions, North and South.
A staunchly Republican state, SC voted to re-elect President Bush in 2004.
the democrats were able to control the southern states
There was no election that year. The election was in 1876.
Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South
Thomas Jefferson
Although before and after his election, Abraham Lincoln wanted no armed conflicts or a civil war between the North and the South. He tried his best to assure the South he would allow them slavery if they wished. based on the membership of the Republican Party, a party that was created to abolish slavery, the South believed that a Republican US president was going to harm their way of life.
it led to conflict with Republican congress