1860 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1860 United States presidential election in Alabama

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Nominee John C. Breckinridge John Bell Stephen A. Douglas Party Southern Democratic Constitutional Union Democratic Home state Kentucky Tennessee Illinois Running mate Joseph Lane Edward Everett Herschel V. Johnson Electoral vote 9 0 0 Popular vote 48,669 27,835 13,618 Percentage 54.00% 30.89% 15.11%

County Results Breckinridge   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Bell   40–50%   50–60% Douglas   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%

President before election James Buchanan Democratic Elected President Abraham Lincoln Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama was won by the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge would win the state by a margin of 23.11%.

Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. It would not participate in the 1864 election, which Lincoln won.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Alabama ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	48,669	54.00%
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	27,835	30.89%
	Democratic	Stephen A. Douglas	13,618	15.11%
Total votes			90,122	100.00%

Results by County

County	John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Stephen A. Douglas Democratic		Margin		Total Votes Cast [2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Autauga	611	48.53%	256	20.33%	392	31.14%	219	17.39%	1,259
Baldwin	129	28.17%	248	54.15%	81	17.69%	-119	-25.98%	458
Barbour	1,715	72.52%	644	27.23%	6	0.25%	1,071	45.29%	2,365
Bibb	613	45.41%	582	43.11%	155	11.48%	31	2.30%	1,350
Blount	698	55.80%	65	5.20%	488	39.01%	210	16.79%	1,251
Butler	918	43.55%	1,079	51.19%	111	5.27%	-161	-7.64%	2,108
Calhoun	2,347	84.88%	364	13.16%	54	1.95%	1,983	71.72%	2,765
Chambers	1,017	48.61%	918	43.88%	157	7.50%	99	4.73%	2,092
Cherokee	1,706	69.46%	527	21.46%	223	9.08%	1,179	48.00%	2,456
Choctaw	542	46.25%	472	40.27%	158	13.48%	70	5.98%	1,172
Clarke	952	74.14%	255	19.86%	77	6.00%	697	54.28%	1,284
Coffee	878	68.92%	394	30.93%	2	0.16%	484	37.99%	1,274
Conecuh	358	39.73%	338	37.51%	205	22.75%	20	2.22%	901
Coosa	930	37.50%	706	28.47%	844	34.03%	86	3.47%	2,480
Covington	404	48.56%	416	50.00%	12	1.44%	-12	-1.44%	832
Dale	1,280	81.95%	277	17.73%	5	0.32%	1,003	64.22%	1,562
Dallas	833	46.48%	620	34.60%	339	18.92%	213	11.88%	1,792
DeKalb	849	67.65%	204	16.25%	202	16.10%	645	51.40%	1,255
Fayette	1,299	76.64%	359	21.18%	37	2.18%	940	55.46%	1,695
Franklin	902	43.43%	715	34.42%	460	22.15%	187	9.01%	2,077
Greene	696	43.02%	765	47.28%	157	9.70%	-69	-4.26%	1,618
Henry	1,109	77.77%	317	22.23%	0	0.00%	792	55.54%	1,426
Jackson	1,760	71.69%	130	5.30%	565	23.01%	1,195	48.68%	2,455
Jefferson	831	72.07%	245	21.25%	77	6.68%	586	50.82%	1,153
Lauderdale	706	36.39%	444	22.89%	790	40.72%	-84	-4.33%	1,940
Lawrence	370	25.15%	525	35.69%	576	39.16%	-51	-3.47%	1,471
Limestone	522	42.96%	368	30.29%	325	26.75%	154	12.67%	1,215
Lowndes	1,007	60.81%	592	35.75%	57	3.44%	415	25.06%	1,656
Macon	1,184	48.52%	1,210	49.59%	46	1.89%	-26	-1.07%	2,440
Madison	591	25.80%	400	17.46%	1,300	56.74%	-709	-30.94%	2,291
Marengo	838	59.31%	512	36.23%	63	4.46%	326	23.08%	1,413
Marion	986	79.20%	197	15.82%	62	4.98%	789	63.38%	1,245
Marshall	441	32.21%	165	12.05%	763	55.73%	-322	-23.52%	1,369
Mobile	1,541	30.86%	1,629	32.63%	1,823	36.51%	-194	-3.88%	4,993
Monroe	530	44.20%	447	37.28%	222	18.52%	83	6.92%	1,199
Montgomery	1,555	57.13%	1,034	37.99%	133	4.89%	521	19.14%	2,722
Morgan	549	44.35%	144	11.63%	545	44.02%	4	0.33%	1,238
Perry	982	52.46%	791	42.25%	99	5.29%	191	10.21%	1,872
Pickens	1,211	65.60%	619	33.53%	16	0.87%	592	32.07%	1,846
Pike	1,581	54.67%	1,227	42.43%	84	2.90%	354	12.24%	2,892
Randolph	1,734	65.58%	567	21.44%	343	12.97%	1,167	44.14%	2,644
Russell	993	52.26%	854	44.95%	53	2.79%	139	7.31%	1,900
St. Clair	963	69.93%	174	12.64%	240	17.43%	723	52.50%	1,377
Shelby	853	53.01%	570	35.43%	186	11.56%	283	17.58%	1,609
Sumter	682	52.83%	473	36.64%	136	10.53%	209	16.19%	1,291
Talladega	1,307	52.87%	1,091	44.13%	74	2.99%	216	8.74%	2,472
Tallapoosa	1,451	48.06%	1,270	42.07%	298	9.87%	181	5.99%	3,019
Tuscaloosa	1,219	53.82%	1,023	45.17%	23	1.02%	196	8.65%	2,265
Walker	446	52.35%	103	12.09%	303	35.56%	143	16.79%	852
Washington	176	49.58%	155	43.66%	24	6.76%	21	5.92%	355
Wilcox	833	64.03%	355	27.29%	113	8.69%	478	36.74%	1,301
Winston	203	52.05%	40	10.26%	147	37.69%	56	14.36%	390
Totals:	48,669	54.00%	27,835	30.89%	13,618	15.11%	20,834	23.11%	90,122

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic

• Autauga
• Barbour
• Bibb
• Blount
• Calhoun
• Chambers
• Cherokee
• Choctaw
• Clarke
• Coffee
• Conecuh
• Coosa
• Dale
• Dallas
• DeKalb
• Fayette
• Franklin
• Henry
• Jackson
• Jefferson
• Limestone
• Lowndes
• Marengo
• Marion
• Monroe
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Perry
• Pickens
• Pike
• Randolph
• Russell
• St. Clair
• Shelby
• Sumter
• Talladega
• Tallapoosa
• Tuscaloosa
• Walker
• Washington
• Wilcox
• Winston

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic

• Lowndes
• Montgomery
• Perry
• Tuscaloosa

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

• Baldwin
• Butler
• Greene
• Macon

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

• Covington

See also

• United States presidential elections in Alabama

References

1. "1860 Presidential Election Results Alabama".
2. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved June 8, 2024.