Timeline Tuesday 6 November 1860

Events on Tuesday 6 November 1860 1

• 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln Republican wins US presidency, triggering secession crisis Abraham Lincoln won the United States presidential election on 6 November 1860 as the candidate of the newly formed Republican Party. His victory, achieved without any electoral votes from the South, convinced many Southern leaders that slavery's expansion was permanently blocked. Within weeks Southern states began seceding from the Union.