The+Election+of+1860-KM

= Lincoln Is Elected = The Republicans, realizing they stood no chance in the South, needed a candidate who could sweep most of the North. The most prominent Republican at the time was Senator William Seward from New york, but many republicans did not think Seward had a wide enough appeal. Instead they nominated Abraham Lincoln, who had gained a national reputation during his debates with Douglas. Although he was not an abolitionist, Lincoln believe that slavery was morally __wrong__, and he opposed its spread into the __western territories__.