That one was John C. Breckinridge, he got 72 out of 303 EC votes. The winner that year was Lincoln, with 180 EC votes. I am stretching the truth because he wasn’t really third party, it was a split party.
Considering that Lincoln was the first Republican president and at that time the Republican party was just a few years old, it could be argued that a third party actually won the 1860 election.
The Republican party sure has changed a lot since then.
I’ve tried to figure out to whom you’re referring, but I can’t find it. Who are you talking about?
That one was John C. Breckinridge, he got 72 out of 303 EC votes. The winner that year was Lincoln, with 180 EC votes. I am stretching the truth because he wasn’t really third party, it was a split party.
Considering that Lincoln was the first Republican president and at that time the Republican party was just a few years old, it could be argued that a third party actually won the 1860 election.
The Republican party sure has changed a lot since then.