<Li> Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Senator from Virginia </Li> <Li> Joseph Lane, Senator from Oregon </Li> <Li> Jefferson Davis, Senator from Mississippi </Li> <Ul> <Li> <P> Vice President John C. Breckinridge </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Former Senator Daniel S. Dickinson from New York </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Senator Robert M.T. Hunter from Virginia (declined to be nominated) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Senator Joseph Lane from Oregon (declined to be nominated) </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Senator Jefferson Davis from Mississippi (declined to be nominated) </P> </Li> </Ul>

Who did the south want to win the election of 1860