In what year did Breckinridge run for president?
1860
1857
1861
1856
Answer
John C. Breckinridge ran for president in 1860 as the candidate of the Southern Democratic Party, which opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln. He was defeated by Lincoln, but the election led to the secession of the southern states and the start of the American Civil War.
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