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November 1860

Preston gives Breckinridge a presidential-election plurality

Morton reports that Preston County voted by a majority for Southern Democratic candidate John C. Breckinridge in the 1860 presidential election.

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Morton, vol. I, ch. XV, p. 143 (printed page)

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