1860 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1860 United States presidential election in Ohio
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  1856 November 6, 1860 (1860-11-06) 1864  
  Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote230
Popular vote221,809187,421
Percentage51.24%43.30%

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County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Ohio was won by the Republican nominee Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the Democratic nominee, Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 7.94%.

Liberty Party (under the name Union Party [1] ) candidate Gerrit Smith received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came from Illinois. [2]

The 1860 presidential election in Ohio began a streak in which no Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Ohio [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine 221,80951.24%23100.00%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia 187,42143.30%00.00%
Constitutional Union John Bell of Tennessee Edward Everett of Massachusetts 12,1932.82%00.00%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky Joseph Lane of Oregon 11,3032.61%00.00%
Radical Abolitionist Gerrit Smith of New York Samuel McFarland of Pennsylvania 1360.03%00.00%
Total432,862100.00%23100.00%

Results by county

CountyAbraham Lincoln [4]
Republican
Stephen A. Douglas [4]
Democratic
Various candidates [4]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,66743.33%2,01052.25%1704.42%-343-8.92%3,847
Allen 1,79648.18%1,88250.48%501.34%-86-2.30%3,728
Ashland 2,16649.05%1,72038.95%53012.00%44610.10%4,416
Ashtabula 5,56681.15%86012.54%4336.31%4,70668.61%6,859
Athens 2,52661.65%1,49136.39%801.96%1,03525.26%4,097
Auglaize 1,08836.09%1,83660.90%913.01%-748-24.81%3,015
Belmont 2,67541.00%1,45022.22%2,40036.78%1,22518.78%6,525
Brown 2,10538.69%3,00655.26%3296.05%-901-16.57%5,440
Butler 2,86739.19%4,10956.16%3404.65%-1,242-16.97%7,316
Carroll 1,76759.28%1,04334.99%1715.73%72424.29%2,981
Champaign 2,32552.12%1,81040.57%3267.31%51511.55%4,461
Clark 3,01760.15%1,73034.49%2695.36%1,28725.66%5,016
Clermont 2,96546.06%3,20649.81%2664.13%-241-3.75%6,437
Clinton 2,48361.58%1,46436.31%852.11%1,01925.27%4,032
Columbiana 3,86460.37%2,13033.28%4076.35%1,73427.09%6,401
Coshocton 2,29947.83%2,28847.60%2204.57%110.23%4,807
Crawford 2,06441.69%2,75255.58%1352.73%-688-13.89%4,951
Cuyahoga 8,68662.45%4,81434.61%4082.94%3,87227.84%13,908
Darke 2,46049.23%2,47949.61%581.16%-19-0.38%4,997
Defiance 1,03843.87%1,30455.11%241.02%-266-11.24%2,366
Delaware 2,69956.94%1,96741.50%741.56%73215.44%4,740
Erie 2,88663.57%1,53833.88%1162.55%1,34829.69%4,540
Fairfield 2,17837.66%3,24956.18%3566.16%-1,071-18.52%5,783
Fayette 1,45850.59%1,12138.90%30310.51%33711.69%2,882
Franklin 4,29545.99%4,84651.90%1972.11%-551-5.89%9,338
Fulton 1,62961.63%98437.23%301.14%64524.40%2,643
Gallia 1,88152.54%1,47241.12%2276.34%40911.42%3,580
Geauga 2,87779.70%67718.75%561.55%2,20060.95%3,610
Greene 3,26063.06%1,75133.87%1593.07%1,50929.19%5,170
Guernsey 2,51055.18%1,93342.49%1062.33%57712.69%4,549
Hamilton 16,18245.37%15,43143.27%4,05111.36%7512.10%35,664
Hancock 2,13547.70%2,30151.41%400.89%-166-3.71%4,476
Hardin 1,43252.72%1,19844.11%863.17%2348.61%2,716
Harrison 2,17560.00%75920.94%69119.06%1,41639.06%3,625
Henry 80843.60%1,03956.07%60.33%-231-12.47%1,853
Highland 2,40945.34%2,27242.76%63211.90%1372.58%5,313
Hocking 1,32942.42%1,78456.94%1344.14%-455-14.52%3,247
Holmes 1,39237.41%2,28161.30%481.29%-889-23.89%3,721
Huron 4,10765.39%2,08333.16%911.45%2,02432.23%6,281
Jackson 1,73853.17%1,43643.93%952.90%3029.24%3,269
Jefferson 2,68257.96%1,16325.14%78216.90%1,51932.82%4,627
Knox 2,86051.48%2,06037.08%63611.44%80014.40%5,556
Lake 2,52177.74%62219.18%1003.08%1,89958.56%3,243
Lawrence 1,80155.90%1,14735.60%2748.50%65420.30%3,222
Licking 3,50247.06%3,15442.38%78610.56%3484.68%7,442
Logan 2,41559.28%1,54237.85%1172.87%87321.43%4,074
Lorain 4,04566.89%1,76629.20%2363.91%2,27937.69%6,047
Lucas 2,88958.85%1,82037.07%2004.08%1,06921.78%4,909
Madison 1,41753.03%1,01638.02%2398.95%40115.01%2,672
Mahoning 2,90757.51%1,99039.37%1583.12%91718.14%5,055
Marion 1,59549.03%1,64050.42%180.55%-45-1.39%3,253
Medina 3,06862.64%1,76536.04%651.32%1,30326.60%4,898
Meigs 2,68958.30%1,69936.84%2244.86%99021.46%4,612
Mercer 83234.01%1,60665.66%80.33%-774-31.65%2,446
Miami 3,43158.69%2,33739.98%781.33%1,09418.71%5,846
Monroe 1,33528.57%3,14767.36%1904.07%-1,812-38.79%4,672
Montgomery 4,97450.07%4,71047.41%2512.52%2642.66%9,935
Morgan 2,44557.03%1,75740.98%851.99%68816.05%4,287
Morrow 2,26053.18%1,92845.36%621.46%3327.82%4,250
Muskingum 4,00449.39%3,55043.79%5536.82%4545.60%8,107
Noble 1,94452.02%1,64744.07%1463.91%2977.95%3,737
Ottawa 57144.37%69253.77%241.86%-121-9.40%1,287
Paulding 55458.07%39140.99%90.94%16317.08%954
Perry 1,60543.51%1,95052.86%1343.63%-345-9.35%3,689
Pickaway 2,00242.70%2,42551.73%2615.57%-423-9.03%4,688
Pike 95838.44%1,39756.06%1375.50%-439-17.62%2,492
Portage 3,06559.34%1,97038.14%1302.52%1,09521.20%5,165
Preble 2,59659.24%1,73339.55%531.21%86319.69%4,382
Putnam 1,01040.48%1,47859.24%70.28%-468-18.76%2,495
Richland 3,02347.60%3,13549.36%1933.04%-112-1.76%6,351
Ross 3,04347.35%2,80643.67%5778.98%2373.68%6,426
Sandusky 1,93845.28%2,31954.18%230.54%-381-8.90%4,280
Scioto 2,18650.51%1,75040.43%3929.06%43610.08%4,328
Seneca 3,05248.14%3,17550.08%1131.78%-123-1.94%6,340
Shelby 1,59748.29%1,66950.47%411.24%-72-2.18%3,307
Stark 4,06452.98%2,82036.76%78710.26%1,24416.22%7,671
Summit 3,60765.52%1,78532.43%1132.05%1,82233.09%5,505
Trumbull 4,34969.22%1,67226.61%2624.17%2,67742.61%6,283
Tuscarawas 3,13651.72%2,84646.93%821.35%2904.79%6,064
Union 1,79255.55%1,14535.49%2898.96%64720.06%3,226
Van Wert 1,01550.93%95948.12%190.95%562.81%1,993
Vinton 1,24649.39%1,23148.79%461.82%150.60%2,523
Warren 3,31660.62%2,01136.76%1432.62%1,30523.86%5,470
Washington 3,16949.38%3,06047.69%1882.93%1091.69%6,417
Wayne 3,20448.73%3,25049.43%1211.84%-46-0.70%6,575
Williams 1,71356.52%1,18038.93%1384.55%53317.59%3,031
Wood 2,01159.85%1,33039.58%190.57%68120.27%3,360
Wyandot 1,56747.72%1,67050.85%471.43%-103-3.13%3,284
Totals231,80952.33%187,42142.31%23,7365.36%44,38810.02%442,966

See also

References

  1. "US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008.
  2. "RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.
  3. "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio".
  4. 1 2 3 Géoelections; Presidential election of 1860 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)