Download or read book A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2 written by Paul R. Wonning and published by Mossy Feet Books. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of slavery loomed ever larger in American politics as the middle of the Nineteenth Century passed. The Republican Party, birthed to destroy the institution, inaugurated its first candidate in 1856. Four years later Abraham Lincoln gained the nomination. The Democratic Party, committed to preserving and expanding slavery, nominated Stephen A. Douglas. Abraham Lincoln won the presidency, casting the nation into a bloody civil war. Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the Emaciation Proclamation did not end slavery, but it led to its demise at war's end. A History of United States Presidential Elections - Book 2, covers the critical pre Civil War years from 1856 until 1865. republican party, Abraham Lincoln, civil war, politics, parties, emancipation proclamation, end slavery