<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1860 United States presidential election">elected</a> the 16th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" id="mwOA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Breckinridge" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John C. Breckinridge">John C. Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_(Tennessee_politician)" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Bell (Tennessee politician)">John Bell</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Stephen A. Douglas">Stephen A. Douglas</a> in a four-way race.<sup about="#mwt35" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_6#cite_note-5" id="mwPA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwPQ">[5]</span></a></sup>
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