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I had an idea about Lincoln dying before the 1860 election, and it got me wondering about how the nation and the parties would react to a candidate dying in the antebellum US. How long would it take for news of the death to disseminate in the 1790s, 1810s, 1830s, and the 1850s? How would parties choose their new candidate? I presume it would be the running mate. How might voters react in specific cases like Lincoln or Quincy Adams dying in 1860 or 1824?
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