This Day in History:
Abraham Lincoln Is
Elected President.
November 6, 1860.
Receiving only 40% of the popular vote, President Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates
to become the first Republican President.
A month after the Kentucky-born lawyer was sworn in on March 4, 1961, the U.S. Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter.
The announcement of
Lincoln’s victory signaled
the secession of the Southern states.
In 1863, as the tide turned against the Confederacy, Lincoln emancipated the slaves and won reelection in 1864.
In April 1865, he was
assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Lincoln is hailed as one of
the greatest American presidents