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Buchanan had two opponents in the election; John Fremont of the newly organized Republican party, and former President Millard Fillmore of the Know-Nothing party. The Republicans opposed the extension of slavery.
The Republican Party officially emerged in 1856, but Lincoln, who was a Whig, joined the Illinois region Repblicans in 1854. He remained in the Republican Party until he joined the National Union Party in 1864.