Stephen Douglas campaign banner, 1860
     Reflecting national divisions, four candidates ran for president in 1860: Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat), Abraham Lincoln (Republican), John C. Breckenridge (Southern Democrats), and John Bell (Constitutional Union Party). Believing that the fate of the Union was at stake, Douglas criss-crossed the nation in an exhausting campaign that produced an abundance of campaign materials, such as this banner.  
Stephen Douglas campaign banner, 1860

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