Saving the Constitution: Lincoln, Secession, and the Price of Union
2004; University of Michigan Law School; Volume: 102; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/4141945
ISSN1939-8557
AutoresCraig S. Lerner, Daniel A. Farber,
Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoThe ye ar is 1860.After failing to obtain, as he had expected, the Democratic Part y nomination for President at its Charleston convention, Stephen Douglas abandons his candidac y.In the ensuing election, Democrat John C. Breckinridge of Ke ntuck y edges Republican Abraham
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