MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · November 6
THE DAY IN HISTORY · NOVEMBER 6
November 6 in history
1860 — Lincoln elected
6 Nov 1860 — Lincoln wins with 40% of the popular vote and not a single Southern state — a purely sectional victory, exactly what the arithmetic of free-state population promised. South Carolina summons a convention within days.
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