MISCELLANIA
Buchanan, referred to as "the Sage of
Wheatland" was the only President who was
not married. He was elected amidst great
tension brought on by the anti-slavery slo-
gans of the newly formed Republican party.
Buchanan's approach was one of modera-
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tion, keeping in mind the preservation of the
Union as the most important concern.
Fremont was the first candidate to run on the
Republican ticket; Fillmore, a former Presi-
dent ran on the American-Whig-Know
Nothings ticket and the only electoral votes
he received were from the State of Mary-
land.
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MEETING-Wednesday, December 5, 1860
(8 Electoral Votes)
PARTICIPATING POLITICAL
PARTIES IN MARYLAND
Southern Democratic (SD)
Democratic (D)
Republican (R)
Constitutional Union (CU)
VICTORS IN MARYLAND
President & Vice President
John C. Breckinridge (SD) and
Joseph Lane-8 electoral votes
ELECTORS
E. Louis Lowe-Frederick County
John Ritchie-Frederick County
James Lloyd Martin-Talbot County
Elias Griswold-Dorchester County
John Brooke Boyle-Carroll County
James S. Franklin-Anne Arundel County
Joshua Vansant-Baltimore City
T. Parkin Scott-Baltimore City
OPPOSING CANDIDATES
President & Vice President
Abraham Lincoln (R) and Hannibal Hamlin
Stephen A. Douglas (D) and
Herschel V. Johnson
John Bell (CU) and Edward Everett
GOVERNOR
Thomas Holliday Hicks-
American Whig/Know Nothing
Secretary of State
James R. Partridge
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MARYLAND ELECTION RETURNS
Breckinridge and Lane 42,482
Bell and Everett 41,760
Douglas and Johnson 5,966
Lincoln and Hamlin 2,294
Breckinridge and Lane 45.9 %
Bell and Everett 45.1 %
Douglas and Johnson 6.5%
Lincoln and Hamlin 2.5%
Breckinridge and Lane 8 electoral
Bell and Everett
Douglas and Johnson
Lincoln and Hamlin
NATIONAL ELECTION RETURNS
Lincoln and Hamlin 1,865,593
Douglas and Johnson 1,382,713
Breckinridge and Lane 848,356
Bell and Everett 592,906
Lincoln and Hamlin 39.8%
Douglas and Johnson 29.5 %
Breckinridge and Lane 18.1%
Bell and Everett 12.6%
Lincoln and Hamlin 180 electoral
Breckinridge and Lane 72
Bell and Everett 39
Douglas and Johnson 12
MISCELLANIA
Lincoln's wisdom and humanity made him
one of the Country's greatest Presidents. Em-
bracing the principles of the new anti-slavery
Republican Party, which he helped organize,
he set forth his position in a speech which
brought him national attention:
". . .A house divided against itself cannot
stand. I believe this Government cannot
endure permanently half slave and half
free. I do not expect the Union to be dis-
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