1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1860 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1856 November 6, 1860 1864  
  John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John Bell (Restored).png Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
Nominee John 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 vote800
Popular vote42,48241,7605,966
Percentage45.93%45.14%6.45%

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County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

Contents

Maryland 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 the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 0.79%.

Despite coming in a distant fourth place with 2,294 votes Abraham Lincoln did receive over 2,000 more votes than John C. Frémont received in 1856 and would later win the state in 1864 with 55% of the vote.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Maryland [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 42,482 45.93%
Constitutional Union John Bell 41,76045.14%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 5,9666.45%
Republican Abraham Lincoln 2,2942.48%
Total votes92,502 100%

Results by county

CountyJohn C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast [2]

#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 97923.17%1,52136.00%1,20328.47%52212.36%-318-7.53%4,225
Anne Arundel 1,01747.11%1,04148.22%984.54%30.14%-24-1.11%2,159
Baltimore (City) 14,95649.61%12,60441.81%1,5034.99%1,0833.59%2,3527.80%30,146
Baltimore (County) 3,30546.04%3,38847.19%4496.25%370.52%-83-1.15%7,179
Calvert 38646.56%39948.13%435.19%10.12%-13-1.57%829
Caroline 61642.75%71249.44%1006.94%120.83%-96-6.69%1,440
Carroll 1,79139.94%2,29551.18%3397.56%591.32%-504-11.24%4,484
Cecil 1,50639.13%1,79246.56%39310.21%1584.10%-286-7.43%3,849
Charles 72360.40%43035.92%383.17%60.50%29324.48%1,197
Dorchester 1,17646.91%1,26550.46%311.24%351.40%-89-3.55%2,507
Frederick 3,16743.20%3,61649.32%4456.07%1031.40%-449-6.12%7,331
Harford 1,52742.99%1,86252.42%822.31%812.28%-335-9.43%3,552
Howard 53034.19%83053.55%18912.19%10.06%-300-19.36%1,550
Kent 69441.76%85251.26%744.45%422.53%-158-9.50%1,662
Montgomery 1,12546.32%1,15547.55%994.08%502.06%-30-1.23%2,429
Prince George's 1,04853.01%88544.76%432.18%10.05%1638.25%1,977
Queen Anne's 87946.91%90848.45%874.64%00.00%-29-1.54%1,874
St. Mary's 92067.06%26119.02%19013.85%10.07%65948.04%1,372
Somerset 1,33945.14%1,53651.79%893.00%20.07%-197-6.65%2,966
Talbot 89850.14%79344.28%985.47%20.11%1055.86%1,791
Washington 2,47545.66%2,56747.36%2835.22%951.75%-92-1.70%5,420
Worcester 1,42555.60%1,04840.89%903.51%00.00%37714.71%2,563
Totals:42,48245.93%41,76045.14%5,9666.45%2,2942.40%7220.79%92,502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic

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References

  1. "1860 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
  2. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.