An Unusual Friendship - Lincoln & Frederick Douglass

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11. for some reason

I saw the title and thought it was about Stephen Douglass.

But, after that Democratic candidate came in 2nd (after the Southern Democrats sorta pulled a Nader by nominating John Breckenridge) he died on 3 Jun 1861 in Chicago.

Interesting election, as Democrats beat Lincoln with the popular vote, but even without Breckenridge, Lincoln would have won the electoral college. At least as Dave Leip has it

http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

Lincoln-Hamlin - 1.86 million, 180 EV
Douglas-H. Johnson - 1.38 million 12 EV
Breckenridge - Lane - .85 million 72 EV
Bell-Everett - .59 million 39 EV

Talk about a divided nation (and/or a rigged election). Lincoln won most of the northern states by over 50% but got 0% in all of the southern states. Perhaps because he was kept off the ballot, but maybe not because he only got 2.48% of the vote in Maryland and 10.28% in Missouri (where he was apparently on the ballot).