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South, however, did not like a Republican being elected President, even
though Lincoln vowed only to ban slavery in NEW states, not those it
was already legal in. The South was so miffed it seceded.
He lost every election until the Presidency.
He was the first Republican Presidential nominee ever elected.
He led the U.S. through the Civil War, embracing anti-slavery and resulting in a stronger federal government.
He lost his second election to Ulysses S. Grant.
He rooted out rampant inflation.
