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William Lowndes Yancey- foremost Southern fire-eater;
Alabaman, Calicoboy, cedarstripper, civilwarbuglertn, cwrose, ewc, matthew mckeon, MKotyk, pvt gauss, treefrog, unionblue |    | 11 | 11.70% |
John C Calhoun- d. 1850, SC nullifier & Southern rights;
8thvacav, Admiral_Porter, billyank1864, cedarstripper, ewc, FSPowers, gary, Jamieva, larry_cockerham, milhistbuff1, monsieurdl, timewalker, unionblue |    | 13 | 13.83% | |
Jefferson Davis- Calhoun disciple, Confederate president;
|    | 6 | 6.38% | |
Robert Barnwell Rhett- Charleston Mercury editor, shrill fire-eater;
|    | 6 | 6.38% |
James Buchanan- waffling outgoing Democratic president;
18TH TEXAS VOL INFANTRY, 30th_il, cal_100, cedarstripper, coltshooter1, Dred, gunny, mfitz54, ole, rbenne, rivrrat, twfox |    | 12 | 12.77% |
Abraham Lincoln- incoming Republican president;
*cw6165*, 3rd_PA_Artillery, Alabaman, Bama Confederate, bankerpapaw, bill1957, Birddog, Bobbie, Boomer, Capt Coxetter, DB Curtis, Donut, Faded_Coat_of_Blue, GoocherLee, Hanny, hawglips, jebstuartgirl, JohnW in E.TN, jreb721, manofdreds, memphis, MobileBoy, mrtacitus, Nico_Davout, olerebel, PrThor, Pvt Burt, rebelchick, sarladaise, seanachai, Secesh, tdory, tesoronut, thea_447, traveller, Vareb, WarEagleRebel, Wild_Rose |    | 40 | 42.55% | |
Stephen A Douglas- Kansas/Nebraska Act & popular sovereignty;
|    | 3 | 3.19% |
John Brown- Pottawatamie Massacre, Harpers Ferry Raid;
Alabaman, Battalion, Blockaderunner, bschulte, cpl_lewis, diddyriddick, ewc, Faded_Coat_of_Blue, Freddy, JohnTaylor, lrd89, Parrott Gun, rebelchick, samgrant, scarolinnative, sgtcsa, texascavcadet, thea_447, treefrog |    | 20 | 21.28% | |
William Lloyd Garrison- The Liberator editor, fierce abolitionist;
|    | 6 | 6.38% | |
William Henry Seward- irrepresible conflict, Lincoln's secretary of state.
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