Join BRI’s Tony Williams as he sits down with author and University of Indianapolis professor of history James Fuller to discuss the dramatic 1860 presidential election and why it was so significant. Fuller reviews the sectionalism that divided the country and the contention that surrounded the election. What dangers threaten the national union when citizens do not trust each other? And what happens when groups of voters put their self-interest before the common good? Fuller is the author of several books on the Civil War and Reconstruction including "The Election of 1860 Reconsidered."

0:00 - Intro
1:30 - Lead Up to the 1860 Election
8:48 - Candidate 1: John Bell
12:44 - Northern Democrats vs. Southern Democrats
15:09 - Candidate 2: John Breckenridge
21:00 - Candidate 3: Stephen Douglas
25:42 - Candidate 4: Abraham Lincoln
30:36 - Outcome and Consequences
34:02 - Outro

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About A. James Fuller:

Dr. A. James Fuller is a professor of history at the University of Indianapolis. He is an expert in Civil War and Reconstruction, the Old South, and nineteenth-century United States history. He is a past president of the Indiana Association of Historians and has published six books. He is currently finishing a book entitled, "Morton, Marshall, McNutt, and Mitch: Four Governors Who Shaped Indiana and the Midwest" and is co-authoring a true crime volume entitled "Man-Devil in the Midwest," which is a study of a serial killer in the Civil War Era.

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