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One of the most consequential elections in United States history, the election of 1860 was filled with drama. Third party candidates; a political party caving in on itself; concerns over what the nascent Republican Party would do if they won the White House.
Join me this week as I dive into the election of 1860. How did Lincoln win the vote? And what does it have to do with the Civil War?
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