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In 1860 the American National Republican Convention included in their electoral platform, on which Abraham Lincoln stood for President, the following statement: "... We brand the recent re-opening of the African slave trade, under the cover of our national flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as a crime against humanity ".
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1860 and American
* 1860 – Will Keith Kellogg, American industrialist and food manufacturer, founder of the Kellogg's Company ( d. 1951 )
Lincoln was nominated in Chicago for the nation's presidency at the 1860 Republican National Convention and went on to defeat Douglas in the general election, setting the stage for the American Civil War.
1860 and National
In 1860, the Tennessee delegation nominated Johnson for president at the Democratic National Convention, and Johnson tentatively offered himself as a Vice-President on the Douglas ticket as a back up plan.
Amazon preparing for a battle ( Queen Antiop or Armed Venus ), by Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert 1860 ( National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. )
The National Rifle Association ( NRA ) of the United Kingdom was founded in 1860 to raise the funds for an annual national rifle meeting " for the encouragement of Volunteer Rifle Corps, and the promotion of Rifle-shooting throughout Great Britain ".
Frelinghuysen was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention from New Jersey and from 1861 to 1867 was Attorney General of New Jersey.
The Samuel J. Tilden House at 15 Gramercy Park South, which he owned from 1860 until his death, is now used by the National Arts Club.
File: Young Spartans National Gallery NG3860. jpg | Young Spartans Exercising, c. 1860, National Gallery, London
Richard Ellison's collection of 100 British watercolours was given by his widow in 1860 and 1873 ' to promote the foundation of the National Collection of Water Colour Paintings '.
The building, completed in 1860, was accepted by the Claiborne Parish Police Jury on July 20, 1861, at a cost of $ 12, 304. 36, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Pleasant Valley Wine Company, founded in 1860 and a mile southwest, was designated U. S. Bonded Winery No. 1 and has eight remarkable stone buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
One of the wealthiest towns in the state from 1840 to 1860, it has a rich stock of historic architecture: more than 90 percent of its buildings are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and its National Historic District encompasses nearly half its area.
Amongst his works may be mentioned Our National Defences ( 1860 ), War in Bulgaria, a Narrative of Personal Experience ( London, 1879 ), Clouds in the East ( London, 1876 ).
In 1860, he was named a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, but did not attend.
* Philadelphia Athletics ( 1860 – 1876 ), played in the National Association from 1871 through 1875, and in the National League in 1876
At the 1860 Republican National Convention, he got 49 votes on the first ballot, but he had little support outside Ohio.
The Grand National Hunt Steeple Chase was held to the south west of the town in 1860, 1861 and 1863.
* Gauld, A., " Braid, James ( 1795 – 1860 )", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
* Peter H. Hansen, ‘ Le Blond, Elizabeth Alice Frances ( 1860 – 1934 )’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004 ; online edn, October 2006
* The National Association establishes the December annual meeting, a change from March, meeting twice during calendar 1860.
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