1860: Republicans: Abraham Lincoln The Republican Party absorbed anti-slavery Whigs and most Know-Nothings. It became more moderate in its stance on the exclusion of slavery and denounced John ...

The advertisemen stated that he was a whig of the old school and now acted with the Republican party. This was true, and the reason why he now acted with the Republican party was because he was ...

The Republican Party were not popular in the South. Southerners believed that they wished to abolish slavery. In the 1860 election the Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won all the Northern states.

Meanwhile, the newly formed Republican party, whose members were strongly ... The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single ...