Interesting wrinkle in the 1860 election: 2 of the states that voted for the fire-eating John Breckenridge (who became a Confederate general) stayed in the Union: Maryland & Delaware. But 2 states that voted for the Constitutional Union's John Bell (Virginia & Tennessee) seceded.
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Five of the six largest states in 1860 (by electoral votes, representing the white population plus 3/5 of slaves) stayed in the Union, Virginia the only exception. Indiana & Massachusetts, in 1860, both had more electoral votes than any state south of Virginia.
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The 7th & 8th largest states - both then still larger than Illinois, Michigan, or Texas - were Tennessee & Kentucky. The size & internal divides in VA, TN, & KY were crucial to the struggle.
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