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Lincoln was chosen to be the Republican candidate in the 1860 presidential election, which he won on November 6 with 180 electoral votes.Between this time and his inauguration on March 4, seven Deep South cotton states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas—seceded from the Union.
The first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States was held on Thursday, March 7, 1861, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 19th inauguration and marked the commencement of the first, and eventually only full term of Abraham Lincoln as president and the only term of ...
Lincoln formally released his address to Congress on December 3, 1861. However, excerpts of his address appeared in the morning edition of the New York Herald (a newspaper known for being anti-Lincoln) hours before it was given to Congress, meaning that someone had leaked Lincoln's address to the press. [4] [5]
U.S. President George W. Bush reacts during the inaugural parade in Washington, January 20, 2005. ... US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy delivers his inaugural address, on January 20, 1961 at ...
Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address; F. First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln; L. Lincoln Bible; S. Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln This page was ...
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On election day, the Southern Democrats won Arkansas's electoral votes, but Lincoln took the White House. Rector was elected governor and Hindman was re-elected to Congress. Newspapers in Arkansas urged restraint and caution pending Lincoln's inaugural address. Elsewhere, South Carolina declared its secession from the Union. By February 1861 ...
Farewell Address (1861) First inaugural address (1861) Gettysburg Address (1863 event) – this speech was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg.