United States presidential election of 1860: Media
United States government
Videos
Learn about Abraham Lincoln's campaign in the U.S. presidential election of 1860.
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Images
A Currier & Ives lithograph from 1860 introduced Abraham Lincoln after his election...
Currier & Ives Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-DIG-pga-09105)
U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Anthony Berger of the Mathew Brady Studio,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Vice Pres. John C. Breckinridge, photograph by Brady's National Photographic...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-79879)
American politician Stephen A. Douglas, c. 1855–65.
Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
American politician John Bell, c. 1855–65.
Brady-Handy photograph collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-cwpbh-02533)
Campaign poster for the Constitutional Union Party, with John Bell (left) and Edward...
Cartoon of the 1860 U.S. presidential election showing three of the candidates—(left...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
“The Undecided Political Prize Fight,” a lithograph depicting the presidential campaign...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-7877)
Flag banner promoting Abraham Lincoln for the presidency in 1860.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-19302)
Interactives
At a glance: the presidential election of 1860.
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