Secession, Liberty, War, Elections, A Timeline by Abby

Prolouge - August 19th, 1859
Random House Somewhere in America

Top Republican Presidential Nominee Abraham Lincoln died today at the age of 51, just as Incumbet President James Buchanan anounced his intentions to run for Re Election, the Republicans begin a scramble to find a new canadate, The Election of 1860 should be a interesting one folks


"Honey, Buchanan's running for re-election"

"Are you serious Joe? that scumbag needs to get out of the White House, "

"I know"


To Be Continued
 
Prolouge - August 19th, 1859
Random House Somewhere in America

Top Republican Presidential Nominee Abraham Lincoln died today at the age of 51, just as Incumbet President James Buchanan anounced his intentions to run for Re Election, the Republicans begin a scramble to find a new canadate, The Election of 1860 should be a interesting one folks


"Honey, Buchanan's running for re-election"

"Are you serious Joe? that scumbag needs to get out of the White House, "

"I know"


To Be Continued

Interesting. One word to the wise ... avoid anachronisms, like "scumbag", which only came into use during the 1970s.
 
Interesting. One word to the wise ... avoid anachronisms, like "scumbag", which only came into use during the 1970s.



It sounded like the best word to use, got a 1860s subsitute I could use?


anyway that's the prolouge to the readers acquanted with the story, alot of the story I plan to tell like if it was a newspaper, I also will be writing about Civil War battles,


Something I also plan to do is have the readers vote who wins the election, and allow the readers to chose how some events play out, make it a interactive Timeline,! does that sound cool?
 
Chapter 1 - April 19th, 1860
The Election Looms

The US Presidential Election looms, the first primaries in New Hampshire
signifys that Incumbet James Buchanan will get the Democratic nomination, and all signs point to William Seward getting the Republican nod, however Edwin M. Stanton has also been campaigning hard for the Republican nomination too, the campaign is going to be hard fought to see who gets the nominations,

However Down South things aren't so pretty, talk of secession continues, and some Southern Democrats say if Buchanan is not Re-Elected they will seceed from the Union, this talk means the nation could be split, and a Civil War could very come, but for now let's just worry about our Presidential Election folks, will Buchanan get the nomination? will Douglas slide past the Incumbent President? will Seward or Stanton be able to challenge ethier? we will find out as the days move on, for
the Washington Times, im James Davidson
 
Chapter 2 - August 17th, 1860
Election Fever



Well after long months of campaigning, the three parties have chosen there Nominees for President, Stephen A. Douglas beat Incumbent James Buchanan to win the Democratic nomination, William H. Seward defeated Hannibal Hamlin to win the Republican Nomination, and Former President John Tyler beat Winfield Scott to win the Pro-American Party's nomination, the real campaiging begins now, as millions of Americans have to decide who they want to go into the White House now,

for the Washington Times, im Paul Davis,
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ELECTION TIME, Election poll up
 
Chapter 3 - November 2nd, 1860
A Upset for the Ages

We just got the election results in folks, Former President John Tyler shocked the United States today by beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas and Republican William H. Seward to be elected the 16th President of the United States, Tyler previously served as the 10th President from 1841-1845

Tyler got 212 of the 303 Electoral Votes, Carrying 23 of the 30 States, Douglas got 72 votes and carried 6 states, well Seward got 19 votes and carried 1 state, Tyler said in DC "I plan to to better then I did before, I plan to ease the tensions in the South and make this nation even greater"

Tyler is inagurated March 20, 1861 for his Second term as President, We will see how Tyler does this time folks, for the Washington Times, im Paul Davis
 
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