Trivia: Whom did Lincoln defeat in the 1860 presidential election?
John C. Breckinridge
Jefferson Davis
Winfield Scott
Horatio Seymour
The correct answer is John C. Breckinridge
So why is this answer correct? : There were four major candidates in the election of 1860, when Lincoln won the presidency. His opponents were Stephen A. Douglas, his longtime Democratic political rival; John Bell, a member of the Constitutional Union Party; and the Southern Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge. In the end, Lincoln won the Electoral College handily and took nearly 40% of the popular vote, with the rest split among his competitors.