1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Flag of Tennessee.svg
  1856 November 6, 1860 1864  
  John Bell (Restored).png John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
Nominee John Bell John C. Breckinridge Stephen A. Douglas
Party Constitutional Union Southern Democratic Democratic
Home state Tennessee Kentucky Illinois
Running mate Edward Everett Joseph Lane Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote1200
Popular vote69,72865,09711,281
Percentage47.72%44.55%7.72%

Tennessee 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 Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Tennessee was won by the Constitutional Union candidate and Tennessee native Senator John Bell and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated 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 as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Bell won the state by a narrow margin of 3.17%.

Republican Party candidate and president-elect Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Tennessee. Tennessee was the only one of ten states where Lincoln was not on the ballot that would be carried by a candidate other than Breckinridge. Nonetheless, this is the last election in which Unionist Cocke County and Hancock County were not carried by the Republican presidential nominee. [1]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitutional Union John Bell 69,728 47.72%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 65,09744.55%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 11,2817.72%
Total votes146,106 100.00%

Results By County

1860 United States Presidential Election in Tennessee (By County) [3] [4]
CountyJohn Bell

Constitutional Union

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%
Anderson 61462.46%33934.49%303.05%983
Bedford 1,50651.40%1,38947.41%351.19%2,930
Benton 45238.63%71360.94%50.43%1,170
Bledsoe 36162.67%17730.73%386.60%576
Blount 1,26166.58%58630.94%472.48%1,894
Bradley 71040.11%75942.88%30117.01%1,770
Campbell 34554.25%27142.61%203.14%636
Cannon 44532.08%92266.47%201.44%1,387
Carroll 1,57064.45%73730.25%1295.30%2,436
Carter 85979.61%20519.00%151.39%1,079
Claiborne 61445.75%71853.50%100.75%1,342
Cocke 93365.70%47333.31%140.99%1,420
Coffee 36124.57%1,10174.95%70.48%1,469
Cumberland 26152.10%23647.11%40.80%501
Davidson [a] 3,85067.96%2,43242.93%3836.76%5,665
Decatur 47351.64%36239.52%818.84%916
DeKalb 67743.07%88256.11%130.83%1,572
Dickson 42733.33%76859.95%866.71%1,281
Dyer 79856.92%45032.10%15410.98%1,402
Fayette 95350.16%36419.16%58330.68%1,900
Fentress 13521.81%46875.61%162.58%619
Franklin 38820.00%1,52678.66%261.34%1,940
Gibson 1,90959.86%1,03932.58%2417.56%3,189
Giles 1,31345.12%1,51151.92%862.96%2,910
Grainger 1,04760.49%66738.53%170.98%1,731
Greene 1,04833.38%2,05465.41%381.21%3,140
Grundy 7414.65%43185.35%00.00%505
Hamilton 1,07452.16%82039.83%1658.01%2,059
Hancock 30937.68%49360.12%182.20%820
Haywood 88552.03%35821.05%45826.93%1,701
Hardeman 76736.95%55526.73%75436.32%2,076
Hawkins 1,06746.27%1,15550.09%843.64%2,306
Hardin 67143.83%71846.90%1429.27%1,531
Henderson 1,24664.53%61131.64%743.83%1,931
Henry 88832.65%1,80866.47%240.88%2,720
Hickman 27320.13%1,06778.69%161.18%1,356
Humphreys 35034.38%65464.24%141.38%1,018
Jackson 1,18252.19%1,05046.36%331.46%2,265
Jefferson 1,62569.41%68129.09%351.50%2,341
Johnson 50877.91%14021.47%40.61%652
Knox 2,47171.46%85924.84%1283.70%3,458
Lauderdale 49352.73%17218.40%27028.88%935
Lawrence 47038.59%69056.65%584.76%1,218
Lewis 4013.20%25584.16%82.64%303
Lincoln 51715.90%2,44275.09%2939.01%3,252
Macon 56355.20%43042.16%272.65%1,020
Madison 1,44161.85%46019.74%42918.41%2,330
Marion 49855.27%34738.51%566.22%901
Marshall 66232.59%1,32665.29%432.12%2,031
Maury 1,43444.42%1,73153.62%631.95%3,228
McMinn 98646.84%97846.46%1416.70%2,105
McNairy 1,06451.38%49323.80%51424.82%2,071
Meigs 15019.76%52168.64%8811.59%759
Monroe 91544.29%1,09953.19%522.52%2,066
Montgomery [b] 1,42655.64%1,04240.66%953.71%2,563
Morgan 16838.89%21850.46%4610.65%432
Obion 68639.52%88550.98%1659.50%1,736
Overton 39421.29%1,41776.55%402.16%1,851
Perry 39142.04%52055.91%192.04%930
Polk 39630.84%82564.25%634.91%1,284
Rhea 28941.34%38655.22%243.43%699
Roane 1,10555.61%83944.22%432.16%1,987
Robertson [c] 1,30956.47%93040.12%793.41%2,318
Rutherford 1,54050.23%1,50549.09%210.68%3,066
Scott 25261.92%15437.84%10.25%407
Sequatchie 17557.00%10433.88%289.12%307
Sevier 1,03584.15%18815.28%70.57%1,230
Shelby 3,04845.15%74411.02%2,95943.83%6,751
Smith 1,47568.51%61828.70%602.79%2,153
Stewart 61239.69%78650.97%1449.34%1,542
Sullivan 53825.33%1,51771.42%693.25%2,124
Sumner 88332.55%1,67761.81%1535.64%2,713
Tipton 42039.11%918.47%56352.42%1,074
Van Buren 11636.83%18759.37%123.81%315
Warren 37823.45%1,22075.68%140.87%1,612
Washington 96740.89%1,33156.28%672.83%2,365
Wayne 70160.12%39233.62%736.26%1,166
Weakley 90038.12%1,33556.54%1265.34%2,361
White 76351.66%68646.45%281.90%1,477
Williamson 1,58765.69%79732.99%321.32%2,416
Wilson 2,22364.40%1,16633.78%631.83%3,452
Total69,71047.70%65,05344.51%11,3847.79%146,147

See also

Notes

  1. Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.
  2. Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.
  3. Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.

References

  1. Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 298–304. ISBN   0786422173.
  2. "1860 Presidential Election Results — Tennessee".
  3. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  4. Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN   978-0-7864-6422-7.