How did four candidates for president in 1860 reflect the nation's sectional differences?

John Bell, the Constitutional Party candidate for president represented the border state of Tennessee. 

John C. Breckinridge, the then incumbent Vice-President, a native of Kentucky, was the Southern Democrats' candidate for president. 

Stephen Arnold Douglas - The incumbent Senator from Illinois, was the Northern Democrats' candidate. 

Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois, was the Republican party nominee for President. 

Lincoln received 180 Electoral Votes, carrying 18 states: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. 

Breckinridge won 11 states -- 72 Electoral Votes. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North carolina, South Carolina and Texas. 

Bell won the Electoral Votes of 3 states -- 39; Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. 

Douglas received the Electoral Vote of 1 state - Missouri. (12)

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