the first winning republican party presidential candidate was______________ in the election of 1860, and his election led to the split in our union and the state of _______________ to secede from the union.

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the first  winning republican party presidential candidate was______________ in the election of 1860, and his election led to the split in our union and the state of _______________ to secede from the union.

anonymous · Answer

Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina.

anonymous · Answer

He wasn't just the first winning Republican candidate, he was the first Republican candidate period.  The very first national convention of the Republican Party was held in 1856, so there was no Republican nominee in the 1854 Presidential Election.