"A third group of Democrats<span> formed the Constitutional Union </span>Party<span> and selected John Bell as their presidential candidate. Because the </span>Democratic<span> vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election."
<span>A third group of Democrats formed the Constitutional Union Party and selected John Bell as their presidential candidate. Because the Democratic vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election.</span>
