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Abraham Lincoln was nominated during the election of 1860 when the Democractic Party split into the Northern Democracts. Abraham Lincoln nurtured his 1860 presidential candidacy while politely denigrating it. Lincoln was simply one of many Republicans who were mentioned as a possible alternative to the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination: New York Senator William H. Seward. But several actions occurred in 1859 and early 1860 which helped advance Mr. Lincoln’s chances.