Election of 1860 and Georgia Secedes

The election of the year 1860 was very important. Abraham Lincoln, the republican, won the voting although he was not even on the ballot in the south. This, along with the fact that he was the first republican president (Republicans were known to be supporters of the north and anti-slavery), angered the southern states enough to begin seceding. South Carolina was the first, on January 19, 1861. Georgia was the interesting state. It had many people who were still loyal to the Union. As Georgia voted, it became clear that the vote would not be unanimous, as it was in other states in the south. They voted for secession in the end, but not by much. Alexander Stephens was not originally sure about slavery and supported the Compromise of 1850 until the election of 1860. He realized secession was going to happen anyways, and in turn he was chosen as the Vice President as the Confederacy, most likely to show that even people who had supported the north were turning for the south.