[PeaRidge]

You said: "The Morrill Tariff bill was introduced and tabled in the first session of the 36th Congress, before the election of 1860."

That is wrong.

Lincoln was elected Nov. 6, 1860.

The Morrill bill was passed out of committee in the US House and brought up for a floor vote near the end of first session of the Congress on May 10, 1860; the bill passed by a vote of 105 to 64.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Tariff http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/36-1/h151

[BroJoeK]

PeaRidge on the Morrill Tariff: "That is wrong.
Lincoln was elected Nov. 6, 1860.
The Morrill bill was passed out of committee in the US House and brought up for a floor vote near the end of first session of the Congress on May 10, 1860; the bill passed by a vote of 105 to 64."

Passed in the House, sent to the Senate where Southern senators tabled it, just as I said, FRiend:

"The Morrill bill was sent on to the Senate. However, the Senate was controlled by Democrats, and so the bill was bottled up in the Finance Committee, chaired by Robert M. T. Hunter of Virginia.

This insured that the Senate vote would be put off till the second session in December.
It also meant that the tariff would be a prominent issue in the 1860 election.[5]"