Lincoln's support in the North was enough to give him an Electoral College majority. Buchanan was the last Democrat to win a presidential election until Grover Cleveland in 1884. Beginning in 1844 Buchanan became a regular contender for the Democratic party's presidential nomination; he was finally nominated in 1856, defeating incumbent Franklin Pierce and Senator Stephen A. Douglas at the 1856 Democratic National Convention. As early as October, the army's Commanding General, Winfield Scott, who was adversarial to the President, warned Buchanan that Lincoln's election would likely cause at least seven states to secede.
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