History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 2011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Four Candidates
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The idea
At Baltimore the northern Democrats nominated Douglas and the southern Democrats nominated Vice President John Breckinridge of Kentucky, forming two competing sectional factions.
In practice
The Constitutional Union Party nominating John Bell of the border states.
Where people slip
Bell pledged to end agitation and preserve the Union but never fully explained how. Republicans nominated Lincoln, making four candidates in one election.
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