Civil War

Top 3 Northern Political Leaders 

One: northern political leader was of course Abraham Lincoln. The president of the Union. He was elected in 1860. He was in the Republican party candidate for president.

Seconded: William H. Seward who was the governor of New York and was sectary of state under Abraham Lincoln. He had a attempt on his life the same night President Lincoln was terminated.  


Third:  Stephen A. Douglas who was the democrat nominee for president in 1860.Douglas was well-known as a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation.