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Today in History—November 6: Lincoln’s Unlikely Presidential Victory
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Illustrated campaign portrait of Abraham Lincoln in a dark suit with orange-trimmed lapels and bow tie, captioned Mr. Abraham Lincoln, Your Next President.
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November 6, 1860: Before he made history, Abe Lincoln had to beat the odds
Hon. Abraham Lincoln: "our next president," A lithograph published by Currier & Ives, circa 1860, after a Mathew Brady photograph. Abraham Lincoln from Illinois campaigned as the representative of the Republican Party. He wanted to stop the spread of slavery in new territories and states. (President of the United States, 1860 campaign). With illustration.