How many states did John Bell win?
How many states did John Bell win? The 1860 Constitutional Union Convention nominated a ticket led by former Tennessee Senator John Bell. Lincoln's main opponent in the North was Douglas, who won the popular vote in two states, Missouri and New Jersey. In the South, Bell won three states and Breckinridge swept the remaining 11. Was Tennessee the first to rejoin the Union? After the war, the state legislature ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was the first state readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866. What was the outcome of...