1860 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1860 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Flag of Louisiana.svg
  1856 November 6, 1860 1864  
  John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John Bell (Restored).png Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
Nominee John Breckenridge 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 vote600
Popular vote22,68120,2047,625
Percentage44.90%40.00%15.10%

Louisiana Presidential Election Results 1860.svg
Parish Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

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Results

1860 United States presidential election in Louisiana [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 22,681 44.90%
Constitutional Union John Bell 20,20440.00%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 7,62515.10%
Total votes50,510 100%

Results By Parish

1860 United States Presidential Election in Louisiana (By Parish) [2]
ParishJohn C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%
Ascension 14418.49%27935.82%35645.70%779
Assumption 31130.43%23322.80%47846.77%1,022
Avoyelles 75071.63%29027.70%70.67%1,047
Bienville 68261.50%29326.42%13412.08%1,109
Bossier 48961.36%25331.74%556.90%797
Caddo 64852.68%54544.31%373.01%1,230
Calcasieu 39694.29%245.71%00.00%420
Caldwell 32563.48%13626.56%519.96%512
Carroll 53053.75%39840.37%585.88%986
Catahoula 67659.56%43938.68%201.76%1,135
Claiborne 89650.28%72040.40%1669.32%1,782
Concordia 17552.71%15245.78%51.51%332
De Soto 63463.40%36436.40%20.20%1,000
East Baton Rouge 49041.00%56947.62%13611.38%1,195
East Feliciana 37748.03%27735.29%13116.69%785
Franklin 34254.98%24038.59%406.43%622
Iberville 53561.85%22926.47%10111.68%865
Jackson 52754.16%33734.64%10911.20%973
Jefferson 19812.47%98461.96%40625.57%1,588
Lafayette 46886.67%7113.15%10.19%540
Lafourche 21420.44%32430.95%50948.62%1,047
Livingston 42553.73%24931.48%11714.79%791
Madison 17233.14%25549.13%9217.73%519
Morehouse 38149.16%34744.77%476.06%775
Natchitoches 75454.09%53438.31%1067.60%1,394
Orleans 2,64524.36%5,21548.03%2,99827.61%10,858
Ouachita 31239.00%34042.50%14818.50%800
Plaquemines 26759.60%5412.05%12728.35%448
Pointe Coupee 62670.34%19321.69%717.98%890
Rapides 1,03659.06%62035.35%985.59%1,754
Sabine 42060.69%22732.80%456.50%692
St. Bernard 18666.19%5619.93%3913.88%281
St. Charles 7948.47%6841.72%169.82%163
St. Helena 33151.64%29245.55%182.81%641
St. James 16028.57%29252.14%10819.29%560
St. John the Baptist 12932.91%17644.90%8722.19%392
St. Landry 96151.50%88447.37%211.13%1,866
St. Mary 46248.99%39241.57%889.33%943
St. Martin 57248.15%56747.73%494.12%1,188
St. Tammany 16430.43%24345.08%13224.49%539
Tensas 25464.96%13434.27%30.77%391
Terrebonne 44145.70%44045.60%848.70%965
Union 72655.85%55242.46%221.69%1,300
Vermilion 21159.60%14240.11%10.28%354
Washington 38776.79%11222.22%50.99%504
West Baton Rouge 14737.50%21855.61%276.89%392
West Feliciana 27255.17%18838.13%336.69%493
Winn 35441.55%25730.16%24128.29%852
Total22,68144.90%20,20440.00%7,62515.10%50,510

Analysis

Louisiana was won by Southern Democratic candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge and his running with Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. The ticket defeated the Constitutional Union ticket of Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Massachusetts Governor Edward Everett along with Northern Democrat Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate Georgia Governor Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 4.90%. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.

This was the first time Louisiana ever voted for a losing candidate since it began popular vote elections for president in 1828. Even when its vote was chosen by the state legislature, the only time it voted for a candidate who did not win was in 1824, when it voted for Andrew Jackson, but Jackson won the nationwide popular vote. Thus, this was the first time Louisiana ever voted by any means for a candidate who lost the electoral vote and popular vote. [3]

See also

References

  1. "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana".
  2. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  3. "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved May 3, 2022.