Today in History: November 6, Abraham Lincoln wins presidency
This day 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 FAA reducing air traffic by across high-volume markets amid strain of executive shutdown FDA warns websites selling unapproved Botox for cosmetic purposes Why a new California law could change the way all Americans browse the internet Elon Musk the trillionaire Debate over his Tesla pay package rages California Republicans sue to block Proposition after measure s win 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 ballot 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 patron plane crashed into Lake Victoria as it approached an airport in Tanzania killing people aboard Currently 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