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Abraham Lincoln and 1860-61 Presidential Transition
2021-02-06T18:00:03-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/b23/20210206180429003_hd.jpgAbraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election over three challengers with less than 40 percent of the popular vote and without a single electoral vote from a slave state. His transition to the presidency was beset by protests over the election’s legitimacy, assassination threats and the secession of several states in the Deep South. Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington, talked about this tumultuous period in U.S. history with Harold Holzer of the Lincoln Forum, which hosted this conversation and provided the video.
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Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election over three challengers with less than 40 percent of the popular vote and without a single electoral vote from a slave state. His transition to the presidency was beset by protests over the election’s legitimacy, assassination threats and the secession of several states in the Deep South. Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington, talked about this tumultuous period in U.S. history with Harold Holzer of the Lincoln Forum, which hosted this conversation and provided the video. close
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election over three challengers with less than 40 percent of the popular vote and without a single… read more
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election over three challengers with less than 40 percent of the popular vote and without a single electoral vote from a slave state. His transition to the presidency was beset by protests over the election’s legitimacy, assassination threats and the secession of several states in the Deep South. Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington, talked about this tumultuous period in U.S. history with Harold Holzer of the Lincoln Forum, which hosted this conversation and provided the video. close
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