1860 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1860 United States presidential election in Illinois
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Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote110
Popular vote172,171160,215
Percentage50.69%47.17%
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County Results
President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Illinois was the home state of both major party nominees, Republican candidate and former Whig congressman Abraham Lincoln as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's running mate was Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine while Douglas' running mate was 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson.

Abraham Lincoln would win Illinois by a narrow margin of 3.52%.

Liberty Party running under the name Union Party's [1] candidate Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio. [2] Pope County has voted Democratic twice since this election (in 1992 and 1996) and Johnson County has done so once (in 1992). However, this is the last time either county gave a majority to the Democratic nominee.

Johnson County would give Douglas 96.96% of their vote, making it his strongest county nationwide.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Illinois [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Abraham Lincoln 172,171 50.69%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 160,21547.17%
Constitutional Union John Bell 4,9141.45%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 2,3310.69%
Liberty Gerrit Smith 350.01%
Total votes339,666 100%

Results By County

1860 United States Presidential Election in Illinois (By County) [4]
CountyAbraham Lincoln

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Various Candidates

Other Parties

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%
Adams 3,81146.34%4,26551.86%1481.80%8,224
Alexander 10610.12%68465.33%25724.55%1,047
Bond 98749.47%98149.17%271.35%1,995
Boone 1,75985.02%31014.98%00.00%2,069
Brown 72836.60%1,20260.43%592.97%1,989
Bureau 3,62269.17%1,41527.02%1993.80%5,236
Calhoun 26926.82%66866.60%666.58%1,003
Carroll 1,63077.88%46122.03%20.09%2,093
Cass 1,04644.12%1,30154.87%241.01%2,371
Champaign 1,79358.52%1,22139.85%501.63%3,064
Christian 96840.25%1,40858.54%291.21%2,405
Clark 1,31343.12%1,72456.62%80.26%3,045
Clay 68138.19%1,07060.01%321.79%1,783
Clinton 74835.74%1,29461.83%512.44%2,093
Coles 1,49549.16%1,46748.24%792.60%3,041
Cook 14,58959.24%9,84639.98%1940.79%24,629
Crawford 92139.53%1,38459.40%251.07%2,330
Cumberland 62940.61%90958.68%110.71%1,549
DeKalb 3,04975.79%96523.99%90.22%4,023
DeWitt 1,25852.24%1,01542.15%1355.61%2,408
DuPage 1,79068.90%80330.91%50.19%2,598
Douglas 80954.48%62942.36%473.16%1,485
Edgar 1,72746.34%1,92351.60%772.07%3,727
Edwards 58060.04%37038.30%161.66%966
Effingham 45329.47%1,08470.53%00.00%1,537
Fayette 95337.33%1,57161.54%291.14%2,553
Ford 23561.36%14838.64%00.00%383
Franklin 22813.42%1,39181.87%804.71%1,699
Fulton 3,62947.66%3,92651.56%590.77%7,614
Gallatin 22116.47%1,02076.01%1017.53%1,342
Greene 97930.38%2,17367.42%712.20%3,223
Grundy 1,41266.35%71033.36%60.28%2,128
Hamilton 1025.82%1,55388.54%995.64%1,754
Hancock 2,56845.26%2,96052.17%1462.57%5,674
Hardin 10716.02%49974.70%629.28%668
Henderson 1,25356.52%91141.09%532.39%2,217
Henry 3,02266.07%1,53233.49%200.44%4,574
Iroquois 1,42959.74%95539.92%80.33%2,392
Jackson 31515.39%1,55676.01%1768.60%2,047
Jasper 62640.70%90658.91%60.39%1,538
Jefferson 45918.60%1,85275.04%1576.36%2,468
Jersey 91039.27%1,29155.72%1165.01%2,317
Jo Daviess 2,78259.57%1,84139.42%471.01%4,670
Johnson 402.48%1,56396.96%90.56%1,612
Kane 4,20771.57%1,65128.09%200.34%5,878
Kankakee 1,97770.48%80328.63%250.89%2,805
Kendall 1,81176.00%57123.96%10.04%2,383
Knox 3,83262.95%2,20836.27%470.77%6,087
Lake 2,39471.06%96528.64%100.30%3,369
LaSalle 5,34255.21%4,29044.34%430.44%9,675
Lawrence 76443.76%97055.56%120.69%1,746
Lee 2,42067.58%1,14031.83%210.59%3,581
Livingston 1,47457.53%1,08842.47%00.00%2,562
Logan 1,72952.68%1,52146.34%320.98%3,282
Macon 1,50148.00%1,54149.28%852.72%3,127
Macoupin 2,19242.62%2,68852.27%2635.11%5,143
Madison 3,16148.93%3,10047.99%1993.08%6,460
Marion 85832.18%1,71564.33%933.49%2,666
Marshall 1,63053.90%1,37645.50%180.60%3,024
Mason 1,19848.46%1,22449.51%502.02%2,472
Massac 12111.22%87380.98%847.79%1,078
McDonough 2,25549.14%2,26649.38%681.48%4,589
McHenry 3,03367.49%1,44432.13%170.38%4,494
McLean 3,54757.40%2,56741.54%651.05%6,179
Menard 96246.38%1,03549.90%773.71%2,074
Mercer 1,80859.49%1,19339.26%381.25%3,039
Monroe 84537.34%1,40161.91%170.75%2,263
Montgomery 1,09936.50%1,74357.89%1695.61%3,011
Morgan 2,31247.78%2,41949.99%1082.23%4,839
Moultrie 61846.22%70752.88%120.90%1,337
Ogle 3,18469.90%1,31528.87%561.23%4,555
Peoria 3,53948.03%3,73850.73%911.24%7,368
Perry 64934.36%1,10158.28%1397.36%1,889
Piatt 78254.61%59941.83%513.56%1,432
Pike 2,55345.23%3,01653.43%761.35%5,645
Pope 1278.99%1,20285.07%845.94%1,413
Pulaski 22023.53%56059.89%15516.58%935
Putnam 75163.59%36630.99%645.42%1,181
Randolph 1,38242.19%1,81555.40%792.41%3,276
Richland 77742.53%1,02255.94%281.53%1,827
Rock Island 2,08857.81%1,47840.92%461.27%3,612
Saline 1006.39%1,33885.44%1288.17%1,566
Sangamon 3,55648.31%3,59848.88%2072.81%7,361
Schuyler 95637.67%1,55961.43%230.91%2,538
Scott 83242.17%1,13157.32%100.51%1,973
Shelby 97131.13%2,08866.94%601.92%3,119
Stark 1,16463.06%65935.70%231.25%1,846
St. Clair 3,68253.63%3,01443.90%1702.48%6,866
Stephenson 2,67059.69%1,78739.95%160.36%4,473
Tazewell 2,34851.66%2,16847.70%290.64%4,545
Union 1577.73%99649.06%87743.20%2,030
Vermilion 2,25158.64%1,57741.08%110.29%3,839
Wabash 59744.89%71053.38%231.73%1,330
Warren 2,20856.46%1,67242.75%310.79%3,911
Washington 79332.82%1,56564.78%582.40%2,416
Wayne 62026.75%1,64570.97%532.29%2,318
White 75632.27%1,54465.90%431.41%2,343
Whiteside 2,71370.50%1,11028.85%250.65%3,848
Will 3,21955.90%2,51543.68%240.42%5,758
Williamson 1737.81%1,83582.88%2069.30%2,214
Winnebago 3,98482.76%81716.97%130.27%4,814
Woodford 1,23845.75%1,41952.44%491.81%2,706
Total172,16150.68%160,21547.16%7,3172.15%339,693

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Republican

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic

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References

  1. ↑ "US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008.
  2. ↑ "RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.
  3. ↑ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois".
  4. ↑ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
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