With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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A major division in the Democratic Party, along with the establishment of a fourth party made up largely of former Whigs, helped assure a Republican victory in the presidential election of 1860. The contest was decided by the Electoral College, not on the strength of the popular vote—nearly forty percent of which went to Lincoln.

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<p>A major division in the Democratic Party, along with the establishment of a fourth party made up largely of former Whigs, helped assure a Republican victory in the presidential election of 1860. The contest was decided by the Electoral College, not on the strength of the popular vote—nearly forty percent of which went to Lincoln.</p>