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Lots of alternate US Civil War scenarios out there, but I don't recall ever seeing this one.

By my calculations, a candidate in 1860 needed 152 EV's to win, and Lincoln won with 180. Now, most of the states he won in, he won by quite a lot, but he only won New York (35 EV's) by 7 points. Suppose, for some reason, Stephen Douglas does better nationwide, lessening Lincoln's margin of victory in many states and narrowly winning New York. Assuming everything else stays the same the final result is:
Lincoln: 145 EV's
Breckinridge: 72 EV's
Douglas: 47 EV's
Bell: 39 EV's

No one has a majority, and the election goes to the House. What happens next?
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