1860 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1860 United States presidential election in Indiana
Flag of Indiana.svg
  1856 November 6, 1860 1864  
  Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote130
Popular vote139,013115,166
Percentage51.1%42.4%

Indiana Presidential Election Results 1860.svg
County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Indiana was won by Republican nominee Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the Democratic nominee Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 8.65%. John C. Breckinridge would carry Warrick County by a narrow margin, making it the only county Breckinridge would carry outside of the slave states.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
139,013 51.14%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas
Herschel V. Johnson
115,16642.37%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge
Joseph Lane
12,2954.52%
Constitutional Union John Bell
Edward Everett
5,3391.96%
Radical Abolitionist Gerrit Smith
Samuel McFarland
50.00%
Total votes271,818 100%

Results By County

1860 United States Presidential Election in Indiana (By County) [2] [3]
CountyAbraham Lincoln

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%#%
Adams 63240.72%88757.15%221.42%110.71%1,552
Allen 2,55243.62%3,22455.11%420.72%320.55%5,850
Bartholomew 1,76947.62%1,84649.69%661.78%340.92%3,715
Benton 37560.10%23537.66%60.96%81.28%624
Blackford 27537.57%40855.74%405.46%91.23%732
Boone 1,69950.93%94128.21%64919.45%471.41%3,336
Brown 30128.21%72968.32%312.91%60.56%1,067
Carroll 1,59052.05%1,44647.33%50.16%140.46%3,055
Cass 1,87449.77%1,72745.87%1303.45%340.90%3,765
Clinton 1,45449.15%1,43748.58%612.06%60.20%2,958
Clark 1,36936.29%1,83748.70%2506.63%3168.38%3,772
Clay 88938.62%1,31657.17%472.04%502.17%2,302
Crawford 77846.53%84450.48%80.48%422.51%1,672
DeKalb 1,55053.17%1,33945.93%20.07%240.82%2,915
Delaware 1,93362.96%1,02933.52%983.19%100.33%3,070
Daviess 93439.83%74931.94%52922.56%1335.67%2,345
Dearborn 2,00444.30%2,37852.56%511.13%912.01%4,524
Decatur 2,02855.00%1,54641.93%932.52%200.54%3,687
Dubois 30118.02%1,34780.66%20.12%201.20%1,670
Elkhart 2,47155.69%1,93843.68%270.61%10.02%4,437
Fayette 1,34358.19%91739.73%391.69%90.39%2,308
Floyd 1,15133.31%1,88854.65%962.78%3209.26%3,455
Fountain 1,65650.02%1,36041.08%2698.12%260.79%3,311
Franklin 1,69542.11%2,27256.45%491.22%90.22%4,025
Fulton 1,01950.00%99148.63%221.08%60.29%2,038
Gibson 1,29543.15%1,56552.15%290.97%1123.73%3,001
Grant 1,66856.16%1,22341.18%331.11%461.55%2,970
Greene 1,42047.97%1,31644.46%2046.89%200.68%2,960
Hamilton 2,19563.79%1,14433.25%982.85%40.12%3,441
Hancock 1,20146.19%1,28949.58%973.73%130.50%2,600
Harrison 1,59345.59%1,84852.89%361.03%170.49%3,494
Hendricks 2,05059.98%1,08331.69%2447.14%411.20%3,418
Henry 2,92669.04%1,20628.46%902.12%160.38%4,238
Howard 1,58962.98%87534.68%341.35%250.99%2,523
Huntington 1,58251.87%1,40245.97%521.70%140.46%3,050
Jackson 1,18538.50%1,74056.53%1173.80%361.17%3,078
Jasper 53463.88%27833.25%70.84%172.03%836
Jay 1,13550.90%1,07748.30%120.54%60.27%2,230
Jefferson 2,64458.70%1,14625.44%56412.52%1503.33%4,504
Jennings 1,64957.92%83029.15%32611.45%421.48%2,847
Johnson 1,30342.15%1,39245.03%33610.87%601.94%3,091
Knox 1,57047.30%1,66650.23%421.27%391.18%3,317
Kosciusko 2,29860.31%1,50039.37%90.24%30.08%3,810
LaGrange 1,69568.62%74930.32%100.40%160.65%2,470
Lake 1,22572.06%45526.76%201.18%00.00%1,700
LaPorte 3,16761.25%1,50429.09%4789.24%220.43%5,171
Lawrence 1,10041.97%78429.91%53020.22%2077.90%2,621
Madison 1,70946.75%1,84150.36%701.91%360.98%3,656
Marion 5,02457.38%3,25237.14%3183.63%1611.84%8,755
Marshall 1,42652.33%1,27346.72%240.88%20.07%2,725
Martin 51634.89%75450.98%15310.34%563.79%1,479
Miami 1,83552.90%1,60846.35%260.75%00.00%3,469
Monroe 1,19850.48%71630.17%39516.65%642.70%2,373
Montgomery 2,36649.38%2,27947.57%681.42%781.63%4,791
Morgan 1,77552.65%1,51644.97%651.93%150.44%3,371
Newton 30556.59%18935.06%448.16%10.19%539
Noble 1,74256.12%1,32042.53%381.22%40.45%3,104
Ohio 30129.71%33533.07%20320.04%17417.18%1,013
Orange 84938.17%1,11450.09%1767.91%853.82%2,224
Owen 1,14043.20%1,29349.00%883.33%1184.47%2,639
Parke 1,89856.52%1,32139.34%551.64%842.50%3,358
Perry 92646.56%89745.10%60.30%1608.04%1,989
Pike 89447.73%88247.09%583.10%392.08%1,873
Porter 1,52956.82%1,12841.92%281.04%60.22%2,691
Posey 1,05536.71%1,12839.25%52318.20%1685.85%2,874
Pulaski 57145.86%66353.25%40.32%70.56%1,245
Putnam 1,88845.85%1,74742.42%3608.74%1232.99%4,118
Randolph 2,29564.81%1,18033.32%561.58%100.28%3,541
Ripley 1,98854.36%1,45839.87%1744.76%371.01%3,657
Rush 1,75751.87%1,11933.04%47614.05%351.03%3,387
St. Joseph 2,36360.98%1,48938.43%230.59%00.00%3,875
Scott 65046.07%44731.68%26218.57%523.69%1,411
Shelby 1,90047.32%2,04750.98%431.07%250.62%4,015
Spencer 1,29647.11%1,10840.28%1726.25%1756.36%2,751
Starke 19043.48%23152.86%143.20%20.46%437
Steuben 1,56071.01%54724.90%823.73%80.36%2,197
Sullivan 85629.55%1,85854.82%1284.42%551.90%2,897
Switzerland 73433.08%47621.45%49922.49%51022.98%2,219
Tippecanoe 3,48058.91%2,27638.53%1171.98%340.58%5,907
Tipton 78048.00%82250.58%201.23%30.18%1,625
Union 84955.13%65242.34%362.34%30.19%1,540
Vanderburgh 1,86747.95%1,54239.60%1834.70%3027.76%3,894
Vermillion 1,12556.42%81841.02%170.85%341.71%1,994
Vigo 2,42950.49%2,12744.21%440.91%2114.39%4,811
Wabash 2,28764.82%1,14232.37%792.24%200.57%3,528
Warren 1,41263.35%76934.50%331.48%150.67%2,229
Wayne 4,23467.31%1,78428.36%1642.61%1081.72%6,290
Wells 1,09954.51%90945.09%60.30%20.10%2,016
White 99352.82%81143.14%673.56%90.48%1,880
Whitley 1,13350.65%1,06747.70%331.48%40.18%2,237
Warrick 74530.53%78432.13%81633.44%953.89%2,440
Washington 1,37840.03%1,98557.67%481.39%310.90%3,442
Total139,01351.14%115,16642.37%12,2954.52%5,3391.96%271,813

See also

References

  1. Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company. pp. 164–66.
  2. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  3. Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN   978-0-7864-6422-7.