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Who were the four candidates for president in 1860.

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Abraham Lincoln

republican-Illinois

platform: slavery must not be allowed in the territories

Stephen Douglas

Northern Democrat-Illinois

platform: popular sovereignty should decide the issue of slavery in the territories when they become states

John Bell

Constitutional Unionist-Tennessee

platform: the federal government should support slavery and also defend the union

John Breckinridge

Southern Democrat-Kentucky

platform: the federal government must protect slavery

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