article: 1860 United States presidential election
links: Jefferson Davis Democratic Party (United States) Political faction American Civil War Territory Tennessee Charleston, South Carolina Chicago President of the United States William H. Seward Secession in the United States Fort Sumter First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas Slavery in the United States States of the United States United States Virginia North Carolina Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge Whig Party (United States) Kentucky Know-Nothing Party Constitutional Union Party Missouri Vice President of the United States Arkansas James Buchanan