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Who did Lincoln defeat to become president in 1860?

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Answer: he had to defeat John C. Breckinridge :)

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Near the end of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.

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