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1860 United States presidential election in Illinois

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The 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1860 United States presidential election in Illinois
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Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 172,171 160,215
Percentage 50.69% 47.17%
County Results
President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Illinois was the home state of both major party nominees, Republican candidate and former Whig congressman Abraham Lincoln as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's running mate was Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine while Douglas' running mate was 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson.

Abraham Lincoln would win Illinois by a narrow margin of 3.52%.

Liberty Party running under the name Union Party's[1] candidate Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio.[2] Pope County has voted Democratic twice since this election (in 1992 and 1996) and Johnson County has done so once (in 1992). However, this is the last time either county gave a majority to the Democratic nominee.

Johnson County would give Douglas 96.96 percent of its vote, making it his strongest county nationwide.

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Illinois[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abraham Lincoln 172,171 50.69%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 160,215 47.17%
Constitutional Union John Bell 4,914 1.45%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 2,331 0.69%
Liberty Gerrit Smith 35 0.01%
Total votes 339,666 100%

Results by county

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1860 United States presidential election in Illinois by county[4][5]
County Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

Gerrit Smith

Liberty

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 3,811 46.34% 4,265 51.86% 81 0.98% 67 0.81% 0 0.00% 8,224
Alexander 106 10.12% 684 65.33% 178 17.00% 79 7.55% 0 0.00% 1,047
Bond 987 49.47% 981 49.17% 25 1.25% 2 0.10% 0 0.00% 1,995
Boone 1,759 85.02% 310 14.98% 0 0.00% 9 0.43% 0 0.00% 2,069
Brown 728 36.60% 1,202 60.43% 33 1.66% 26 1.31% 0 0.00% 1,989
Bureau 3,622 69.17% 1,415 27.02% 20 0.38% 179 3.42% 9 0.17% 5,236
Calhoun 269 26.82% 668 66.60% 66 6.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,003
Carroll 1,630 77.88% 461 22.03% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 3 0.14% 2,093
Cass 1,046 44.12% 1,301 54.87% 19 0.80% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 2,371
Champaign 1,793 58.52% 1,221 39.85% 25 0.82% 25 0.82% 0 0.00% 3,064
Christian 968 40.25% 1,408 58.54% 20 0.83% 9 0.37% 0 0.00% 2,405
Clark 1,313 43.12% 1,724 56.62% 8 0.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,045
Clay 681 38.19% 1,070 60.01% 30 1.68% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,783
Clinton 748 35.74% 1,294 61.83% 45 2.15% 6 0.29% 0 0.00% 2,093
Coles 1,495 49.16% 1,467 48.24% 79 2.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,041
Cook 14,589 59.24% 9,846 39.98% 107 0.43% 87 0.35% 2 0.01% 24,629
Crawford 921 39.53% 1,384 59.40% 24 1.03% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,330
Cumberland 629 40.61% 909 58.68% 9 0.58% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,549
DeKalb 3,049 75.79% 965 23.99% 8 0.20% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 4,023
DeWitt 1,258 52.24% 1,015 42.15% 73 3.03% 62 2.57% 0 0.00% 2,408
DuPage 1,790 68.90% 803 30.91% 39 1.50% 2 0.08% 4 0.15% 2,598
Douglas 809 54.48% 629 42.36% 3 0.20% 8 0.54% 0 0.00% 1,485
Edgar 1,727 46.34% 1,923 51.60% 66 1.77% 11 0.30% 0 0.00% 3,727
Edwards 580 60.04% 370 38.30% 16 1.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 966
Effingham 453 29.47% 1,084 70.53% 9 0.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,537
Fayette 953 37.33% 1,571 61.54% 27 1.06% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 2,553
Ford 235 61.36% 148 38.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 383
Franklin 228 13.42% 1,391 81.87% 75 4.41% 5 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,699
Fulton 3,629 47.66% 3,926 51.56% 48 0.63% 11 0.14% 0 0.00% 7,614
Gallatin 221 16.47% 1,020 76.01% 88 6.56% 13 0.97% 0 0.00% 1,342
Greene 979 30.38% 2,173 67.42% 67 2.08% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,223
Grundy 1,412 66.35% 710 33.36% 0 0.00% 3 0.14% 0 0.00% 2,128
Hamilton 102 5.82% 1,553 88.54% 99 5.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,754
Hancock 2,568 45.26% 2,960 52.17% 115 2.03% 31 0.55% 0 0.00% 5,674
Hardin 107 16.02% 499 74.70% 62 9.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 668
Henderson 1,253 56.52% 911 41.09% 31 1.40% 22 0.99% 0 0.00% 2,217
Henry 3,022 66.07% 1,532 33.49% 4 0.09% 16 0.35% 0 0.00% 4,574
Iroquois 1,429 59.74% 955 39.92% 0 0.00% 8 0.33% 0 0.00% 2,392
Jackson 315 15.39% 1,556 76.01% 147 7.18% 29 1.42% 0 0.00% 2,047
Jasper 626 40.70% 906 58.91% 5 0.33% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,538
Jefferson 459 18.60% 1,852 75.04% 136 5.51% 21 0.85% 0 0.00% 2,468
Jersey 910 39.27% 1,291 55.72% 105 4.53% 11 0.47% 0 0.00% 2,317
Jo Daviess 2,782 59.57% 1,841 39.42% 38 0.81% 9 0.19% 0 0.00% 4,670
Johnson 40 2.48% 1,563 96.96% 0 0.00% 9 0.56% 0 0.00% 1,612
Kane 4,207 71.57% 1,651 28.09% 8 0.14% 12 0.20% 0 0.00% 5,878
Kankakee 1,977 70.48% 803 28.63% 9 0.32% 16 0.57% 0 0.00% 2,805
Kendall 1,811 76.00% 571 23.96% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,383
Knox 3,832 62.95% 2,208 36.27% 30 0.49% 17 0.28% 0 0.00% 6,087
Lake 2,394 71.06% 965 28.64% 4 0.12% 6 0.18% 0 0.00% 3,369
LaSalle 5,342 55.21% 4,290 44.34% 35 0.36% 8 0.08% 7 0.07% 9,675
Lawrence 764 43.76% 970 55.56% 12 0.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,746
Lee 2,420 67.58% 1,140 31.83% 15 0.42% 6 0.17% 1 0.03% 3,581
Livingston 1,474 57.53% 1,088 42.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,562
Logan 1,729 52.68% 1,521 46.34% 28 0.85% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,282
Macon 1,501 48.00% 1,541 49.28% 56 1.79% 29 0.93% 0 0.00% 3,127
Macoupin 2,192 42.62% 2,688 52.27% 225 4.37% 38 0.74% 0 0.00% 5,143
Madison 3,161 48.93% 3,100 47.99% 178 2.76% 21 0.33% 0 0.00% 6,460
Marion 858 32.18% 1,715 64.33% 90 3.38% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 2,666
Marshall 1,630 53.90% 1,376 45.50% 0 0.00% 18 0.60% 0 0.00% 3,024
Mason 1,198 48.46% 1,224 49.51% 47 1.90% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,472
Massac 121 11.22% 873 80.98% 84 7.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,078
McDonough 2,255 49.14% 2,266 49.38% 62 1.35% 6 0.13% 0 0.00% 4,589
McHenry 3,033 67.49% 1,444 32.13% 9 0.20% 8 0.18% 0 0.00% 4,494
McLean 3,547 57.40% 2,567 41.54% 58 0.94% 7 0.11% 2 0.03% 6,179
Menard 962 46.38% 1,035 49.90% 66 3.18% 11 0.53% 0 0.00% 2,074
Mercer 1,808 59.49% 1,193 39.26% 35 1.15% 3 0.10% 4 0.13% 3,039
Monroe 845 37.34% 1,401 61.91% 17 0.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,263
Montgomery 1,099 36.50% 1,743 57.89% 169 5.61% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,011
Morgan 2,312 47.78% 2,419 49.99% 94 1.94% 14 0.29% 0 0.00% 4,839
Moultrie 618 46.22% 707 52.88% 12 0.90% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,337
Ogle 3,184 69.90% 1,315 28.87% 40 0.88% 16 0.35% 0 0.00% 4,555
Peoria 3,539 48.03% 3,738 50.73% 40 0.54% 51 0.69% 0 0.00% 7,368
Perry 649 34.36% 1,101 58.28% 138 7.31% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,889
Piatt 782 54.61% 599 41.83% 51 3.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,432
Pike 2,553 45.23% 3,016 53.43% 39 0.69% 37 0.66% 0 0.00% 5,645
Pope 127 8.99% 1,202 85.07% 83 5.87% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,413
Pulaski 220 23.53% 560 59.89% 45 4.81% 40 4.28% 0 0.00% 935
Putnam 751 63.59% 366 30.99% 0 0.00% 64 5.42% 0 0.00% 1,181
Randolph 1,382 42.19% 1,815 55.40% 71 2.17% 8 0.24% 0 0.00% 3,276
Richland 777 42.53% 1,022 55.94% 22 1.20% 6 0.33% 0 0.00% 1,827
Rock Island 2,088 57.81% 1,478 40.92% 34 0.94% 12 0.33% 1 0.03% 3,612
Saline 100 6.39% 1,338 85.44% 113 7.22% 15 0.96% 0 0.00% 1,566
Sangamon 3,556 48.31% 3,598 48.88% 130 1.77% 77 1.05% 0 0.00% 7,361
Schuyler 956 37.67% 1,559 61.43% 15 0.59% 8 0.32% 0 0.00% 2,538
Scott 832 42.17% 1,131 57.32% 5 0.25% 5 0.25% 0 0.00% 1,973
Shelby 971 31.13% 2,088 66.94% 60 1.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,119
Stark 1,164 63.06% 659 35.70% 23 1.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,846
St. Clair 3,682 53.63% 3,014 43.90% 147 2.14% 23 0.33% 0 0.00% 6,866
Stephenson 2,670 59.69% 1,787 39.95% 4 0.09% 12 0.27% 0 0.00% 4,473
Tazewell 2,348 51.66% 2,168 47.70% 26 0.57% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 4,545
Union 157 7.73% 996 49.06% 58 2.86% 819 40.34% 0 0.00% 2,030
Vermilion 2,251 58.64% 1,577 41.08% 4 0.10% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% 3,839
Wabash 597 44.89% 710 53.38% 22 1.65% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 1,330
Warren 2,208 56.46% 1,672 42.75% 17 0.43% 14 0.36% 0 0.00% 3,911
Washington 793 32.82% 1,565 64.78% 58 2.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,416
Wayne 620 26.75% 1,645 70.97% 48 2.07% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% 2,318
White 756 32.27% 1,544 65.90% 38 1.62% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 2,343
Whiteside 2,713 70.50% 1,110 28.85% 17 0.44% 8 0.21% 0 0.00% 3,848
Will 3,219 55.90% 2,515 43.68% 12 0.21% 12 0.21% 1 0.02% 5,758
Williamson 173 7.81% 1,835 82.88% 166 7.50% 40 1.81% 0 0.00% 2,214
Winnebago 3,984 82.76% 817 16.97% 3 0.06% 10 0.21% 0 0.00% 4,814
Woodford 1,238 45.75% 1,419 52.44% 39 1.44% 10 0.37% 0 0.00% 2,706
Total 172,161 50.68% 160,215 47.16% 4,942 1.45% 2,320 0.68% 34 0.01% 339,693

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  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 - Illinois".
  4. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  5. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860: The Official Results by County and State. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 163–164. ISBN 0-7864-1017-5.
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