The 1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Wisconsin was won by the Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Hannibal Hamlin. They defeated the Democratic Party candidate Stephen A. Douglas and his running mate Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 13.85%.
This was the last election until 1904 that Calumet County would vote for a Republican candidate. Additionally, Manitowoc County and Jefferson County would not vote Republican again until 1896. Green Lake County, established in 1858 and participating in its first presidential election, voted for Lincoln and would continue to back the statewide winner in every presidential election until 1940.
Results
edit| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | William W. Vaughn | 86,110 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Herman Lindeman | 86,109 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | J. Allen Barber | 86,106 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Bradford Rixford | 86,099 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Walter D. McIndoe | 86,088 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Charles Dunn | 65,021 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Emil Rothe | 65,012 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Edward G. Ryan | 65,009 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Jarius C. Farichild | 65,007 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Benjamin Ferguson | 64,898 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Samuel Elmore | 888 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Henry S. Pierpont | 888[a] | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Isaac J. Ullman | 887 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Hnery D. Barron | 886 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Napoleon B. Van Slyke | 886 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Robert Chandler | 161 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Hugh Cameron | 160 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Richard Dart | 160 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Talbot C. Dousman | 160 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Benjamin F. Pixley | 160 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 58 | ||
| Votes cast[b] | 152,238 | |||
Results By County
edit| County[1] | Abraham Lincoln Republican |
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic |
John C. Breckinridge[c] Southern Democratic |
John Bell Constitutional Union |
Margin | Total votes cast[d] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 844 | 73.71% | 296 | 25.85% | 5 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 47.86% | 1,145 |
| Ashland | 35 | 52.24% | 32 | 47.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 4.48% | 67 |
| Bad Ax | 1,145 | 70.16% | 465 | 28.49% | 22 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 680 | 41.67% | 1,632 |
| Brown | 873 | 41.14% | 1,239 | 58.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -366 | -17.25% | 2,122[e] |
| Buffalo | 459 | 70.62% | 189 | 29.08% | 1 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.15% | 270 | 41.54% | 650 |
| Calumet | 706 | 53.85% | 605 | 46.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 7.70% | 1,311 |
| Chippewa | 256 | 51.51% | 241 | 48.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 3.02% | 497 |
| Clark | 152 | 62.55% | 89 | 36.63% | 2 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 63 | 25.93% | 243 |
| Columbia | 3,386 | 67.63% | 1,614 | 32.23% | 4 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,772 | 35.39% | 5,007 |
| Crawford | 828 | 49.70% | 832 | 49.94% | 6 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -4 | -0.24% | 1,666 |
| Dane | 4,798 | 53.22% | 4,174 | 46.30% | 40 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.03% | 624 | 6.92% | 9,015 |
| Dodge | 4,398 | 49.42% | 4,456 | 50.07% | 43 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.02% | -58 | -0.65% | 8,899 |
| Door | 250 | 67.02% | 123 | 32.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 34.05% | 373 |
| Douglas | 70 | 45.75% | 66 | 43.14% | 15 | 9.80% | 2 | 1.31% | 4 | 2.61% | 153 |
| Dunn | 564 | 61.71% | 341 | 37.31% | 9 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 24.40% | 914 |
| Eau Claire | 490 | 57.51% | 342 | 40.14% | 19 | 2.23% | 1 | 0.12% | 148 | 17.37% | 852 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,106 | 57.65% | 3,001 | 42.14% | 3 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.17% | 1,105 | 15.52% | 7,122 |
| Grant | 3,579 | 64.67% | 1,922 | 34.73% | 33 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,657 | 29.94% | 5,534 |
| Green | 2,372 | 64.00% | 1,324 | 35.73% | 10 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,048 | 28.28% | 3,706 |
| Green Lake | 1,957 | 72.97% | 708 | 26.40% | 17 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,249 | 46.57% | 2,682 |
| Iowa | 1,909 | 53.96% | 1,581 | 44.69% | 46 | 1.30% | 2 | 0.06% | 328 | 9.27% | 3,538 |
| Jackson | 654 | 75.96% | 207 | 24.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 447 | 51.92% | 861 |
| Jefferson | 3,077 | 52.30% | 2,794 | 47.49% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 283 | 4.81% | 5,883[f] |
| Juneau | 1,033 | 57.90% | 737 | 41.31% | 9 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.28% | 296 | 16.59% | 1,784 |
| Kenosha | 1,637 | 63.92% | 920 | 35.92% | 4 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 717 | 28.00% | 2,561 |
| Kewaunee | 326 | 32.15% | 688 | 67.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -362 | -35.70% | 1,014 |
| La Crosse | 1,477 | 63.53% | 765 | 32.90% | 65 | 2.80% | 18 | 0.77% | 712 | 30.62% | 2,325 |
| La Pointe | 43 | 58.90% | 4 | 5.48% | 26 | 35.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 17[g] | 23.28% | 73 |
| Lafayette | 1,736 | 47.05% | 1,898 | 51.44% | 47 | 1.27% | 9 | 0.24% | -162 | -4.39% | 3,690 |
| Manitowoc | 2,041 | 51.06% | 1,947 | 48.71% | 9 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 94 | 2.35% | 3,997 |
| Marathon | 219 | 31.06% | 481 | 68.23% | 4 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.14% | -262 | -37.16% | 705 |
| Marquette | 781 | 46.79% | 882 | 52.85% | 6 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -101 | -6.05% | 1,669 |
| Milwaukee | 4,831 | 41.52% | 6,726 | 57.81% | 39 | 0.34% | 38[h][2] | 0.33% | -1,895 | -16.29% | 11,634 |
| Monroe | 1,229 | 65.72% | 631 | 33.74% | 2 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.43% | 598 | 31.98% | 1,870 |
| Oconto | 598 | 67.57% | 286 | 32.32% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 35.25% | 885 |
| Outagamie | 832 | 43.02% | 1,082 | 55.95% | 20 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -250 | -12.93% | 1,934 |
| Ozaukee | 627 | 25.51% | 1,823 | 74.17% | 8 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,196 | -48.66% | 2,458 |
| Pepin | 326 | 73.76% | 105 | 23.76% | 11 | 2.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 221 | 50.00% | 442 |
| Pierce | 637 | 60.67% | 411 | 39.14% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 21.52% | 1,050 |
| Polk | 199 | 59.58% | 122 | 36.53% | 12 | 3.59% | 1 | 0.30% | 77 | 23.05% | 334 |
| Portage | 944 | 64.13% | 471 | 32.00% | 57 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 | 32.13% | 1,472 |
| Racine | 2,634 | 60.55% | 1,659 | 38.14% | 8 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.18% | 975 | 22.41% | 4,350[i] |
| Richland | 1,167 | 59.12% | 776 | 39.31% | 28 | 1.42% | 3 | 0.15% | 391 | 19.81% | 1,974 |
| Rock | 5,198 | 72.34% | 1,916 | 26.66% | 64 | 0.89% | 8 | 0.11% | 3,282 | 45.67% | 7,186 |
| Sauk | 2,309 | 69.28% | 985 | 29.55% | 37 | 1.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,324 | 39.72% | 3,333 |
| Shawano | 163 | 58.84% | 114 | 41.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 17.69% | 277 |
| Sheboygan | 2,731 | 55.54% | 2,179 | 44.32% | 7 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 552 | 11.23% | 4,917 |
| St. Croix | 664 | 52.53% | 597 | 47.23% | 3 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 | 5.30% | 1,264 |
| Trempealeau | 490 | 78.53% | 134 | 21.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 356 | 57.05% | 624 |
| Walworth | 3,910 | 70.85% | 1,591 | 28.83% | 15 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,319 | 42.02% | 5,519 |
| Washington | 939 | 25.47% | 2,747 | 74.51% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,808 | -49.04% | 3,687 |
| Waukesha | 3,020 | 53.81% | 2,563 | 45.67% | 10 | 0.18% | 19 | 0.34% | 457 | 8.14% | 5,612 |
| Waupaca | 1,340 | 69.07% | 575 | 29.64% | 16 | 0.82% | 9 | 0.46% | 765 | 39.43% | 1,940 |
| Waushara | 1,534 | 78.15% | 405 | 20.63% | 24 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,129 | 57.51% | 1,963 |
| Winnebago | 3,225 | 63.21% | 1,859 | 36.44% | 16 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,366 | 26.77% | 5,102 |
| Wood | 362 | 50.21% | 301 | 41.75% | 58 | 8.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 61 | 8.46% | 721 |
| Total | 86,110 | 56.56% | 65,021 | 42.71% | 888 | 0.58% | 161 | 0.11% | 21,089 | 13.85% | 152,238 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ Some third party sources for the county figures use this elector, but his county figures only add up to 887
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ This table uses the results for Elmore, which actually do add up to 888; many sources cite Pierpont's figures, which differ as follows: 1 in Clark (instead of 2), 10 in Manitowoc (instead of 9), and 27 in Richland (instead of 28). Using Pierpont's results, however, causes the county figures to add up to 887, not the stated 888.
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Includes 10 Scattering votes
- ^ Includes 7 Scattering votes
- ^ Lincoln's margin over Breckenridge
- ^ The canvass lists Chandler with 37 votes in Milwaukee County, the same as the other four Constitutional Union electors, but that figure might be a mistake. If 37 is correct, then Chandler only received 160 votes statewide. The figure of 38 comes from contemporary third party sources, such as the 1861 Tribune Almanac.
- ^ Includes 41 Scattering votes
References
edit- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at a General Election held in the Several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday Succeeding the first Monday being the Sixth day of November 1860
- ^ "Election Returns". The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1861. New York Tribune. p. 58.