Today in History: November 6, Abraham Lincoln wins presidency
In contemporary times is Thursday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On Nov former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected president of the United States as he defeated John Breckinridge John Bell and Stephen Douglas Also on this date In an unopposed Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederate States of America after serving much of the year as its provisional president Related Articles Utah university where Charlie Kirk was killed is expanding its police force Hegseth and Rubio share classified details on boat strikes with congressional leaders Federal agents drive off with -year-old girl after arresting her father in Los Angeles IRS Direct File won t be available next year Here s what that means for taxpayers States sue Trump administration over restrictions put on FEMA urgency grants In Republican presidential candidate Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote over incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland despite Cleveland gaining more total votes it would be the last time the popular vote winner would lose the referendum until In Meet the Press the longest-running television show in America made its debut on NBC the host was the show s co-creator Martha Rountree In President Dwight D Eisenhower won reelection defeating Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson II for the second time In people mostly students were killed when the Kelly Barnes Dam in Georgia burst sending a wall of water through Toccoa Falls College In President Ronald Reagan won reelection by a landslide over former Vice President Walter Mondale The Democratic challenger won just one state his native Minnesota In President Barack Obama won reelection vanquishing Republican former Massachusetts Gov Mitt Romney with electoral votes to Romney s In a visitor plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it approached an airport in Tanzania killing people aboard In the current era s Birthdays Actor Sally Field is Jazz musician Arturo Sandoval is Author Michael Cunningham is Journalist-author Maria Shriver is Author Colson Whitehead is Actor Ethan Hawke is Actor Thandiwe tan-DEE -way Newton is Model-actor Rebecca Romijn roh-MAYN is Actor Taryn Manning is Actor Emma Stone is Comedian-actor Bowen Yang is Olympic swimming gold medalist Bobby Finke is
