1860 United States presidential election in New York

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1860 United States presidential election in New York
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
  1856 November 6, 1860 1864  
Turnout95.5% [1] Increase2.svg 5.6 pp
  Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png No image.svg
Nominee Abraham Lincoln
Party Republican Fusion
Alliance Democratic
Constitutional Union
Southern Democratic
Home state Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin
Electoral vote350
Popular vote362,646312,510
Percentage53.71%46.29%

New York 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 New York took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was the tipping state in this election, and had Lincoln lost it there would have been a contingent election decided by Congress.

Contents

New York was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who defeated the Democratic fusion ticket.

Lincoln won New York by a margin of 7.42 percentage points.

New York in the election was one of the four states that had a fusion ticket for the Democratic Party. The other three states were New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

New York was home to a prominent Republican politician, William H. Seward who was widely expected to be nominated in the Republican Convention.

New York was key to the election; a Lincoln loss there would deadlock the Electoral College. Soon after his return from his Midwest tour, Seward embarked on another, speaking to large crowds across the state of New York. At his advisor Thurlow Weed's urging, he went to New York City and gave a patriotic speech before a large crowd on November 3, only three days before the election. [2]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in New York [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Abraham Lincoln 362,64653.71%35
Fusion [lower-alpha 1] Stephen A. Douglas / John Bell / John C. Breckinridge 312,51046.29%0
Totals675,156100.0%35

Results by county

CountyAbraham Lincoln
Republican
Stephen Arnold Douglas/
John Bell/
John Cabell Breckinridge
Fusion
MarginTotal votes cast [5]
# %# %# %
Albany 9,83546.88%11,14553.12%-1,310-6.24%20,980
Allegany 6,44371.80%2,53028.20%3,91343.61%8,973
Broome 4,55461.29%2,87638.71%1,67822.58%7,430
Cattaraugus 5,95563.59%3,40936.41%2,54627.19%9,364
Cayuga 7,92266.71%3,95433.29%3,96833.41%11,876
Chautauqua 8,48169.78%3,67330.22%4,80839.56%12,154
Chemung 2,94954.34%2,47845.66%4718.68%5,427
Chenango 5,68560.67%3,68639.33%1,99921.33%9,371
Clinton 3,96154.78%3,27045.22%6919.56%7,231
Columbia 5,10851.96%4,72248.04%3863.93%9,830
Cortland 3,89369.46%1,71230.54%2,18138.91%5,605
Delaware 5,00160.89%3,21239.11%1,78921.78%8,213
Dutchess 6,76352.70%6,07147.30%6925.39%12,834
Erie 12,43053.31%10,88546.69%1,5456.63%23,315
Essex 3,45465.83%1,79334.17%1,66131.66%5,247
Franklin 3,10368.88%1,40231.12%1,70137.76%4,505
Fulton 2,97755.07%2,42944.93%54810.14%5,406
Genesee 4,46464.51%2,45635.49%2,00829.02%6,920
Greene 3,13747.02%3,53452.98%-397-5.95%6,671
Hamilton 13422.30%46777.70%-333-55.41%601
Herkimer 5,30261.20%3,36238.80%1,94022.39%8,664
Jefferson 8,79661.39%5,53138.61%3,26522.79%14,327
Kings 15,88343.56%20,58356.44%-4,700-12.89%36,466
Lewis 3,25758.89%2,27441.11%98317.77%5,531
Livingston 5,17858.85%3,62141.15%1,55717.70%8,799
Madison 6,28966.17%3,21633.83%3,07332.33%9,505
Monroe 10,80859.72%7,29140.28%3,51719.43%18,099
Montgomery 3,52852.03%3,25347.97%2754.06%6,781
New York 33,29034.83%62,29365.17%-29,003-30.34%95,583
Niagara 4,99257.16%3,74142.84%1,25114.32%8,733
Oneida 12,50858.13%9,01141.87%3,49716.25%21,519
Onondaga 11,24360.89%7,22239.11%4,02121.78%18,465
Ontario 5,76461.33%3,63438.67%2,13022.66%9,398
Orange 5,89849.53%6,01150.47%-113-0.95%11,909
Orleans 3,85963.21%2,24636.79%1,61326.42%6,105
Oswego 9,07662.64%5,41437.36%3,66225.27%14,490
Otsego 6,54356.39%5,06143.61%1,48212.77%11,604
Putnam 1,24348.40%1,32551.60%-82-3.19%2,568
Queens 3,74946.05%4,39253.95%-643-7.90%8,141
Rensselaer 8,46449.92%8,49250.08%-28-0.17%16,956
Richmond 1,40837.27%2,37062.73%-962-25.46%3,778
Rockland 1,41037.31%2,36962.69%-959-25.38%3,779
St. Lawrence 11,32473.86%4,00726.14%7,31747.73%15,331
Saratoga 5,90056.45%4,55243.55%1,34812.90%10,452
Schenectady 2,15451.93%1,99448.07%1603.86%4,148
Schoharie 3,27943.77%4,21356.23%-934-12.47%7,492
Schuyler 2,55159.90%1,70840.10%84319.79%4,259
Seneca 3,02550.29%2,99049.71%350.58%6,015
Steuben 8,25062.16%5,02337.84%3,22724.31%13,273
Suffolk 3,75651.63%3,51948.37%2373.26%7,275
Sullivan 2,94448.15%3,17051.85%-226-3.70%6,114
Tioga 3,76057.78%2,74842.22%1,01215.55%6,508
Tompkins 4,34858.96%3,02641.04%1,32217.93%7,374
Ulster 6,77552.01%6,25247.99%5234.01%13,027
Warren 2,71957.99%1,97042.01%74915.97%4,689
Washington 6,17363.94%3,48236.06%2,69127.87%9,655
Wayne 6,66862.87%3,93837.13%2,73025.74%10,606
Westchester 6,77145.59%8,08154.41%-1,310-8.82%14,852
Wyoming 4,49865.30%2,39034.70%2,10830.60%6,888
Yates 3,01467.28%1,46632.72%1,54834.55%4,480
Totals362,64653.68%312,94546.32%49,7017.36%675,591

See also

Notes

  1. The slate of electors were pledged to 3 different candidates: 18 to Douglas, 10 to Bell, and 7 to Breckinridge. [4]

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