What year was Abraham Lincoln first elected president?

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1860

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 U.S. presidential election as the Republican nominee and was inaugurated in March 1861. His victory came shortly before the secession crisis and the start of the American Civil War, and he later won reelection in 1864.

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