1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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  1856 November 6, 1860 1868  
  John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John Bell (Restored).png
Nominee John C. Breckinridge John Bell
Party Southern Democratic Constitutional Union
Home state Kentucky Tennessee
Running mate Joseph Lane Edward Everett
Electoral vote100
Popular vote48,84645,129
Percentage50.51%46.66%

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County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

North Carolina 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 Tennessee and his running mate 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a margin of 3.85%.

Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 48,846 50.51%
Constitutional Union John Bell 45,12946.66%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 2,7372.83%
Total votes96,712 100%

Results By County

1860 United States Presidential Election in North Carolina (By County) [2] [lower-alpha 1]
CountyJohn C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%
Alamance 53643.47%66153.61%362.92%1,233
Alexander 40346.00%47153.77%20.23%876
Anson 24521.82%87177.56%70.62%1,123
Ashe 22924.18%71775.71%10.11%947
Beaufort 54932.82%1,08264.67%422.51%1,673
Bertie 39939.39%59758.93%171.68%1,013
Brunswick 32645.72%38654.14%10.14%713
Burke 47051.03%44748.53%40.43%921
Buncombe 66246.75%70549.79%493.46%1,416
Cabarrus 44534.96%81063.63%181.41%1,273
Caldwell 22933.33%44965.36%91.31%687
Camden 8313.97%50384.68%81.35%594
Carteret 37043.38%44151.70%424.92%853
Caswell 99479.90%23719.05%131.05%1,244
Catawba 87874.22%30225.53%30.25%1,183
Chatham 60434.17%97054.86%19410.97%1,768
Cherokee 45939.88%67758.82%151.30%1,151
Chowan 23950.74%19441.19%388.07%471
Cleveland 1,09184.77%19615.23%00.00%1,287
Columbus 72368.79%32230.64%60.57%1,051
Craven 49237.64%69353.02%1229.33%1,307
Cumberland 87955.49%67042.30%352.21%1,584
Currituck 59590.02%669.98%00.00%661
Davidson 72837.74%1,18661.48%150.78%1,929
Davie 32932.87%64164.04%313.10%1,001
Duplin 1,38090.08%1499.73%30.20%1,532
Edgecombe [lower-alpha 2] 1,78989.36%1969.79%170.85%2,002
Forsyth 82544.35%96551.88%703.76%1,860
Franklin 75969.57%31829.15%141.28%1,091
Gaston 82681.54%13112.93%565.53%1,013
Gates 33845.43%39452.96%121.61%744
Granville 87047.78%86847.67%834.56%1,821
Greene 38153.89%32646.11%00.00%707
Guilford 30413.45%1,83881.33%1185.22%2,260
Halifax 75757.13%54641.21%221.66%1,325
Harnett 54271.50%13818.21%7810.29%758
Haywood 36758.44%24839.49%132.07%628
Henderson 42545.95%49653.62%40.43%925
Hertford 24635.96%41861.11%202.92%684
Hyde 39546.09%45953.56%30.35%857
Iredell 32816.53%1,62581.91%311.56%1,984
Jackson 40373.94%14226.06%00.00%545
Johnston 97459.25%63038.32%402.43%1,644
Jones 19752.96%16544.35%102.69%372
Lenoir 53361.19%31736.39%212.41%871
Lincoln 47365.60%24333.70%50.69%721
Macon 22131.44%46966.71%131.85%703
Martin 75167.90%33330.11%221.99%1,106
McDowell 27644.09%34955.75%10.16%626
Mecklenburg 1,10153.39%82640.06%1356.55%2,062
Montgomery 10212.29%72587.35%30.36%830
Moore 29928.05%58855.16%17916.79%1,066
Nash 1,32395.11%644.60%40.29%1,391
New Hanover 1,61770.73%66429.05%50.22%2,286
Northampton 65454.36%50642.06%433.57%1,203
Onslow 78181.52%15315.97%242.51%958
Orange 78743.36%95652.67%723.97%1,815
Pasquotank 23931.00%47761.87%557.13%771
Perquimans 23440.41%34158.89%40.69%579
Person 42046.05%48352.96%90.99%912
Pitt 73150.45%71049.00%80.55%1,449
Polk 27069.41%11830.33%10.26%389
Randolph 32120.20%1,22477.03%442.77%1,589
Richmond 26932.93%54466.59%40.49%817
Robeson 72047.94%64843.14%1348.92%1,502
Rockingham 1,01761.12%48529.15%1629.74%1,664
Rowan 1,02649.76%1,02349.61%130.63%2,062
Rutherford 69558.26%49541.49%30.25%1,193
Sampson 97964.66%52934.94%60.40%1,514
Stanly 535.32%93493.78%90.90%996
Stokes 74563.30%43236.70%00.00%1,177
Surry 81160.48%50237.43%282.09%1,341
Tyrrell 7719.30%30075.19%225.51%399
Union 85869.08%37930.52%50.40%1,242
Wake 1,21646.38%1,13043.10%27610.53%2,622
Warren 89986.19%13813.23%60.58%1,043
Watauga 14731.34%32268.66%00.00%469
Washington 15925.81%41367.05%447.14%616
Wayne 1,35984.46%23914.85%110.68%1,609
Wilkes 36321.53%1,32378.47%00.00%1,686
Yadkin 49536.40%84261.91%231.69%1,360
Yancey 50064.18%27535.30%40.51%779
Total48,53950.44%44,99046.75%2,7012.81%96,230

See also

Notes

  1. Alleghany, Bladen, Madison, and Wilson counties had no returns.
  2. Wilson County's totals are counted with those of Edgecombe.

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References

  1. "1860 Presidential Election Results — North Carolina".
  2. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.