The 1860 election resulted in the firm establishment of the two major political parties America has today, the Civil War, and the presidency of this man.
Answer Abraham Lincoln
The issue of slavery split the Democratic vote between two candidates and created the Constitutional Union party who nominated their own candidate. The crowded field was a contributing factor to Lincoln, the abolitionist, winning the electoral college by a landslide despite carrying none of the southern states. The South would secede from the Union before Lincoln was sworn in.
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