1860 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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1860 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Flag of Massachusetts.svg
  1856 November 2, 1860 1864  
Turnout65.8% [1] Decrease2.svg 4.0 pp
  Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png John Bell (Restored).png
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas John Bell
Party Republican Democratic Constitutional Union
Home state Illinois Illinois Tennessee
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson Edward Everett
Electoral vote1300
Popular vote106,68434,37022,331
Percentage62.80%20.23%13.15%

Massachusetts Presidential Election Results 1860.svg
County Results
Lincoln
  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

The 1860 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Massachusetts was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who won the state by 42.57%.

With 62.80% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would prove to be Lincoln's third strongest state in the 1860 election in terms of popular vote percentage after neighboring Vermont and Minnesota. [2]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Massachusetts [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine 106,68462.80%13100.00%
Democratic Stephen Arnold Douglas of Illinois Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia 34,37020.23%00.00%
Constitutional Union John Bell of Tennessee Edward Everett of Massachusetts 22,33113.15%00.00%
Southern Democratic John Cabell Breckinridge of Kentucky Joseph Lane of Oregon 6,1633.63%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers3280.19%00.00%
Total169,876100.00%13100.00%

Results by County

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

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

Total Votes Cast [4]
#%#%#%#%
Barnstable 2,37175.20%1334.22%2838.98%36611.61%3,153
Berkshire 5,20261.17%2,86533.69%2382.80%1992.34%8,504
Bristol 7,98074.90%1,71316.08%6406.01%3213.01%10,654
Dukes 33858.68%11620.14%5810.07%6411.11%576
Essex 14,83265.55%3,77816.70%3,18714.09%8293.66%22,626
Franklin 3,99474.28%91717.05%1352.51%3316.16%5,377
Hampden 5,18464.28%1,99324.71%2963.67%5927.34%8,065
Hampshire 4,59781.84%60810.82%1823.24%2304.09%5,617
Middlesex 17,80658.10%7,06923.07%4,85015.83%9213.01%30,646
Nantucket 42078.36%315.78%7614.18%91.68%536
Norfolk 8,86055.81%3,58922.61%2,98718.82%4382.76%15,874
Plymouth 6,70365.13%1,42613.86%1,86918.16%2932.85%10,291
Suffolk 10,97448.84%4,89121.77%5,64025.10%9644.29%22,469
Worcester 17,27269.68%5,24321.15%1,8907.62%3821.54%24,787
Total106,68462.80%34,37020.23%22,33113.15%6,1633.63%169,876

See also

References

  1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. "1860 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts".
  4. 1 2 "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved June 9, 2024.