Question

Which candidate won the majority of the vote in only one state in his bid for the presidency?

A) John Bell
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) John Breckinridge
D) Stephen A. Douglas

Answer 1

John Bell won the majority of the vote in only one state in his bid for the presidency.

Step-by-step explanation:

The candidate who won the majority of the vote in only one state in his bid for the presidency was John Bell.

In the election of 1860, Bell was the candidate nominated by the Constitutional Union Party. He focused on reaching out to other unionists and won only Tennessee, making it the only state where he won the majority of the vote. The other candidates, Abraham Lincoln, John Breckinridge, and Stephen A. Douglas, won multiple states and had a higher number of electoral votes.