1860 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1860 United States presidential election in Missouri
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  1856 November 2, 1860 1864  
  Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png John Bell (Restored).png
Nominee Stephen A. Douglas John Bell
Party Democratic Constitutional Union
Home state Illinois Tennessee
Running mate Herschel V. Johnson Edward Everett
Electoral vote90
Popular vote58,80158,372
Percentage35.52%35.26%

  John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png
Nominee John C. Breckinridge Abraham Lincoln
Party Southern Democratic Republican
Home state Kentucky Illinois
Running mate Joseph Lane Hannibal Hamlin
Electoral vote00
Popular vote31,36217,028
Percentage18.94%10.28%

Missouri Presidential Election Results 1860.svg
County Results [lower-alpha 1]

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

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Missouri was won by Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas, by a very narrow margin of 0.26%. The state was the only one to fully give its votes to Douglas, though he won the popular vote and three of the seven electoral votes from New Jersey under a fusion ticket.

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last occasion when Putnam County, Ozark County, and Taney County voted for a candidate running as a Democrat, with the former voting for Douglas and the latter two voting for Breckinridge. This was also the last election until 1984 in which Monroe County did not vote for the democratic candidate. This was the first time in American history that four candidates each won at least one county in the same state, something that has only been repeated in 1912 (in North Dakota and in Kansas). [1]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Missouri [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 58,801 35.52%
Constitutional Union John Bell 58,37235.26%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 31,36218.94%
Republican Abraham Lincoln 17,02810.28%
Total votes165,563 100%

Results By County

CountyStephen A. Douglas

Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Total Votes Cast [3]
#%#%#%#%
Adair 61642.99%29320.45%33923.66%18512.91%1,433
Andrew 81942.83%67735.41%31916.68%975.07%1,912
Atchison 64568.54%16517.53%636.70%687.23%941
Audrain 28926.86%58053.90%20619.14%10.09%1,076
Barry 25729.30%33337.97%28632.61%10.11%877
Barton 10735.20%7625.00%9330.59%289.21%304
Bates 51140.08%38630.27%34827.29%302.35%1,275
Benton 57454.46%30629.03%1009.49%747.02%1,054
Bollinger 25046.47%16630.86%9918.40%234.28%538
Boone 57819.84%1,67157.36%65222.38%120.41%2,913
Buchanan 1,62640.86%1,28732.34%61415.43%45211.36%3,979
Butler 23568.91%8825.81%174.99%10.29%341
Caldwell 26330.62%36742.72%18621.65%435.01%859
Callaway 83931.88%1,30649.62%47217.93%150.57%2,632
Camden 26942.63%22435.50%13220.92%60.95%631
Cape Girardeau 54332.05%65138.43%32519.19%17510.33%1,694
Carroll 75247.50%55234.87%27617.44%30.19%1,583
Carter 43.88%1615.53%8380.58%00.00%103
Cass 24215.25%71545.05%60738.25%231.45%1,587
Cedar 32437.20%26630.54%27731.80%40.46%871
Chariton 69243.36%60838.10%29518.48%10.06%1,596
Christian 12015.58%34244.42%30840.00%00.00%770
Clark 54226.21%75236.36%49724.03%27713.39%2,068
Clay 52828.12%1,04555.64%30516.24%00.00%1,878
Clinton 36826.92%67449.31%31422.97%110.80%1,367
Cole 43034.21%22617.98%48738.74%1149.07%1,257
Cooper 98844.09%95242.48%28112.54%200.89%2,241
Crawford 16922.56%35347.13%19225.63%354.67%749
Dade 28328.24%40640.52%30530.44%80.80%1,002
Dallas 22531.91%28840.85%17224.40%202.84%705
Daviess 69245.08%54535.50%26517.26%332.15%1,535
DeKalb 23934.05%24334.62%21330.34%71.00%702
Dent 20726.04%24330.57%33842.52%70.88%795
Dunklin 15034.25%20947.72%7918.04%00.00%438
Franklin 88842.96%57727.91%1085.22%49423.90%2,067
Gasconade 18822.68%15718.94%516.15%43352.23%829
Gentry 87347.19%51727.95%25914.00%20110.86%1,850
Greene 29817.13%98656.67%41423.79%422.41%1,740
Grundy 41633.49%50740.82%19015.30%12910.39%1,242
Harrison 91057.74%31920.24%503.17%29718.85%1,576
Henry 62339.58%70344.66%23214.74%161.02%1,574
Hickory 29845.64%19730.17%14321.90%152.30%653
Holt 45338.59%34829.64%17114.57%20217.21%1,174
Howard 93944.57%92043.66%24711.72%10.05%2,107
Howell 13633.75%17643.67%9122.58%00.00%403
Iron 34950.80%19428.24%365.24%10815.72%687
Jackson 1,09529.58%1,47339.79%94325.47%1915.16%3,702
Jasper 40738.36%42439.96%19218.10%383.58%1,061
Jefferson 49040.50%41634.38%15512.81%14912.31%1,210
Johnson 61725.86%1,22451.30%52722.09%180.75%2,386
Knox 68741.16%52031.16%30118.03%1619.65%1,669
Laclede 18923.45%33541.56%27634.24%60.74%806
Lafayette 77428.19%1,57757.43%37113.51%240.87%2,746
Lawrence 13811.92%44538.43%51644.56%595.09%1,158
Lewis 46824.11%83342.92%59730.76%432.22%1,941
Lincoln 80641.76%72537.56%39620.52%30.16%1,930
Linn 52137.46%54639.25%21915.74%1057.55%1,391
Livingston 40127.30%57839.35%47031.99%201.36%1,469
Macon 1,17647.75%65527.53%41417.40%1345.63%2,379
Madison 30547.81%22635.42%9815.36%91.41%638
Maries 9819.25%9518.66%30960.71%71.38%509
Marion 1,24037.66%1,38642.09%43213.12%2357.14%3,293
McDonald 20638.08%13825.51%19435.86%30.55%541
Mercer 68247.96%49134.53%16911.88%805.63%1,422
Miller 9411.68%19323.98%49561.49%232.86%805
Mississippi 23332.18%30542.13%18525.55%10.14%724
Moniteau 47633.03%54637.89%33223.04%876.04%1,441
Monroe 68031.16%1,08649.77%40818.70%80.37%2,182
Montgomery 61243.78%65847.07%835.94%453.22%1,398
Morgan 55050.32%32129.37%20418.66%181.65%1,093
New Madrid 11723.40%22344.60%16032.00%00.00%500
Newton 65448.92%40630.37%25519.07%221.65%1,337
Nodaway 54644.32%26521.51%27422.24%14711.93%1,232
Oregon 6618.44%4512.57%24568.44%20.56%358
Osage 23523.71%19019.17%30831.08%25826.03%991
Ozark [lower-alpha 2] 8126.56%6922.62%15550.82%00.00%305
Pemiscot 11834.50%15445.03%7020.47%00.00%342
Perry 46752.71%21724.49%637.11%13915.69%886
Pettis 36930.65%61551.08%21117.52%90.75%1,204
Phelps 25427.61%19921.63%43046.74%374.02%920
Pike 1,11739.17%1,30045.58%42014.73%150.53%2,852
Platte 84528.78%1,20841.14%87729.87%60.20%2,936
Polk 1259.36%73054.64%47735.70%40.30%1,336
Pulaski 10723.41%6213.57%28161.49%71.53%457
Putnam 59044.83%36928.04%24618.69%1118.43%1,316
Ralls 39134.72%58551.95%14913.23%10.09%1,126
Randolph 36021.16%82148.27%52030.57%00.00%1,701
Ray 88141.38%1,00647.25%23310.94%90.42%2,129
Reynolds 12349.20%3815.20%8534.00%41.60%250
Ripley 7820.31%7419.27%23260.42%00.00%384
Saline 56328.67%1,03552.70%36618.64%00.00%1,964
Schuyler 45546.10%26727.05%25125.43%141.42%987
Scotland 74147.47%43627.93%18711.98%19712.62%1,561
Scott 21532.77%24337.04%19229.27%60.91%656
Shannon 2713.92%3819.59%12765.46%21.03%194
Shelby 47630.49%70244.97%29318.77%905.77%1,561
St. Charles 83240.61%61930.21%643.12%53426.06%2,049
St. Francois 59250.47%42135.89%14112.02%191.62%1,173
St. Louis 9,26437.43%4,93119.92%6102.46%9,94540.18%24,750
Ste. Genevieve 35151.02%21731.54%7210.47%486.98%688
Stoddard 23028.29%38547.36%19824.35%00.00%813
Stone 8336.73%3113.72%11249.56%00.00%226
Sullivan 55735.08%37323.49%57536.21%835.23%1,588
Taney 9722.72%4310.07%28767.21%00.00%427
Texas 617.90%19425.13%51166.19%60.78%772
Vernon 15120.43%20728.01%38151.56%00.00%739
Warren 51050.95%30730.67%898.89%959.49%1,001
Washington 63552.13%49340.48%625.09%282.30%1,218
Wayne 18525.55%24533.84%29140.19%30.41%724
Webster 17219.33%33537.64%37642.25%70.79%890
Wright 448.13%12823.66%36968.21%00.00%541
Total [4] 58,80135.52%58,37235.26%31,36218.94%17,02810.28%165,563

See also

Notes

  1. Current county borders
  2. The votes for Douglas County are included with those for Ozark

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