2006-12-07 14:23:12 · 3 answers · asked by behappy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If memory serves, he lost the popular vote but won the electoral college.
2006-12-07 14:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by willow oak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lincoln was an Illinois state legislator who, outside of his election to a single term in the House of Representatives, failed in his every attempt to gain national political office until he was elected President in 1860, including an unsuccessful bid for the Senate in 1854, a unsuccessful bid to become the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1856, and another unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat in 1858.
2006-12-07 22:34:27 · answer #2 · answered by amhbas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didnt recieve a single vote from a southern state, because they refused to put his name on the ballot.
2006-12-07 23:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋