Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States on 1860. Within weeks of his taking the top position, South Carolina declared secession from the Union, ...

Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. His election was among the reasons that led to the ...

On Nov 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. And the rest is history.

In 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States. In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected ...