In 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States of America
In 1861, Jefferson Davis is elected the 1st president of the Confederate States of America
Both were natives of Kentucky. Lincoln was the first Republican elected with only 40% of the popular vote, but defeating 3 other candidates. Davis ran unopposed. Lincoln was a lawyer and a Whig representative to Congress before running for president in the heavily divided 1860 election. Davis attended West Point, served in the Black Hawk War of 1832, was a close advisor to then-General Zachary Taylor (former father-in-law) during the Mexican War, before becoming a senator and Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce.
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=2378
http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5500
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
http://www.swcivilwar.com/davis.html
http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/
Monday, November 06, 2006
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