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What if instead of Abraham Lincoln becoming the sixteenth President of the United States in 1860, his rival Steven Douglas does instead?
What if instead of Abraham Lincoln becoming the sixteenth President of the United States in 1860, his rival Steven Douglas does instead?
What if instead of Abraham Lincoln becoming the sixteenth President of the United States in 1860, his rival Steven Douglas does instead?
How do you get past the point the Democrats were split (Douglas and Breckinridge), Bell was not going to provide an option, and the Republicans were united behind Lincoln?
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A hung EC (there was a real possibility of that) and Douglas being chosen as the President in the House, perhaps?
That's pretty unlikely (Bell would probably be chosen as the compromise candidate), but maybe the Republicans nominate someone so radical that they lose the election?