<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1860 United States presidential election">United States presidential election</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> wins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Republican_National_Convention" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1860 Republican National Convention">presidential nomination</a> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William H. Seward">William H. Seward</a>, who later becomes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a>.