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51 votes needed for election Candidate won that Round of voting Candidate won Senate seat. Note: Five "anti-Nebraska" Democrats (i.e. opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act) voted for Trumbull rather than vote for Lincoln, a Whig. When pro-Nebraska Democrats were unable to reelect Shields, they switched their allegiance to Matteson, who had no ...
As Lincoln's election became evident, secessionists made clear their intent to leave the Union before he took office the next March. [71] On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.
The 37th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1863, during the first two years of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. [1]
The South was outraged by Lincoln's election, and in response secessionists implemented plans to leave the Union before he took office in March 1861. [175] On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed. [176]
Next Congress: 37th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican gain: Popular vote margin: Republican +10.3%: Electoral vote: Abraham Lincoln (R) 180: John C. Breckinridge (SD) 72: John Bell (CU) 39: Stephen A. Douglas (D) 12: 1860 presidential election results. Red shows states won by Lincoln, green by Breckinridge, orange by Bell ...
February 13, 1861: Joint Session of Congress certified the election of President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. [13] February 23, 1861: The people of Texas ratified its Ordinance of Secession [12] President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. after an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
After winning re-election, Lincoln made ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment (as it would become known) a top priority. With the aid of large Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, Lincoln believed that he could permanently end the institution of slavery in the United States. [189]
In November 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln won the Presidency. Though Republicans lost seats, the party won a House majority anyway as seven slave states reacted to Lincoln's election by seceding before the Presidential inauguration.