Question

All of the following men were candidates in the 1860 election except:

John Breckinridge
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
John Bell

Answer 1

Henry Clay. He died in 1852 and was not a candidate in 1860. The main 1860 candidates were Abraham Lincoln (Republican), John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat), and John Bell (Constitutional Union).