1860 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1860 United States presidential election in Indiana

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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 13 0
Popular vote 139,033 115,509
Percentage 51.09% 42.44%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Republican nominee Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois 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 8.65%. John C. Breckinridge would carry Warrick County by a narrow margin, making it the only county Breckinridge would carry outside of the slave states.

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Indiana[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abraham Lincoln 139,033 51.09%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 115,509 42.44%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 12,295 4.52%
Constitutional Union John Bell 5,306 1.95%
Total votes 272,143 100%

Results By County

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1860 United States Presidential Election in Indiana (By County)[2][3]
County Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 632 40.72% 887 57.15% 22 1.42% 11 0.71% 1,552
Allen 2,552 43.62% 3,224 55.11% 42 0.72% 32 0.55% 5,850
Bartholomew 1,769 47.62% 1,846 49.69% 66 1.78% 34 0.92% 3,715
Benton 375 60.10% 235 37.66% 6 0.96% 8 1.28% 624
Blackford 275 37.57% 408 55.74% 40 5.46% 9 1.23% 732
Boone 1,699 50.93% 941 28.21% 649 19.45% 47 1.41% 3,336
Brown 301 28.21% 729 68.32% 31 2.91% 6 0.56% 1,067
Carroll 1,590 52.05% 1,446 47.33% 5 0.16% 14 0.46% 3,055
Cass 1,874 49.77% 1,727 45.87% 130 3.45% 34 0.90% 3,765
Clinton 1,454 49.15% 1,437 48.58% 61 2.06% 6 0.20% 2,958
Clark 1,369 36.29% 1,837 48.70% 250 6.63% 316 8.38% 3,772
Clay 889 38.62% 1,316 57.17% 47 2.04% 50 2.17% 2,302
Crawford 778 46.53% 844 50.48% 8 0.48% 42 2.51% 1,672
DeKalb 1,550 53.17% 1,339 45.93% 2 0.07% 24 0.82% 2,915
Delaware 1,933 62.96% 1,029 33.52% 98 3.19% 10 0.33% 3,070
Daviess 934 39.83% 749 31.94% 529 22.56% 133 5.67% 2,345
Dearborn 2,004 44.30% 2,378 52.56% 51 1.13% 91 2.01% 4,524
Decatur 2,028 55.00% 1,546 41.93% 93 2.52% 20 0.54% 3,687
Dubois 301 18.02% 1,347 80.66% 2 0.12% 20 1.20% 1,670
Elkhart 2,471 55.69% 1,938 43.68% 27 0.61% 1 0.02% 4,437
Fayette 1,343 58.19% 917 39.73% 39 1.69% 9 0.39% 2,308
Floyd 1,151 33.31% 1,888 54.65% 96 2.78% 320 9.26% 3,455
Fountain 1,656 50.02% 1,360 41.08% 269 8.12% 26 0.79% 3,311
Franklin 1,695 42.11% 2,272 56.45% 49 1.22% 9 0.22% 4,025
Fulton 1,019 50.00% 991 48.63% 22 1.08% 6 0.29% 2,038
Gibson 1,295 43.15% 1,565 52.15% 29 0.97% 112 3.73% 3,001
Grant 1,668 56.16% 1,223 41.18% 33 1.11% 46 1.55% 2,970
Greene 1,420 47.97% 1,316 44.46% 204 6.89% 20 0.68% 2,960
Hamilton 2,195 63.79% 1,144 33.25% 98 2.85% 4 0.12% 3,441
Hancock 1,201 46.19% 1,289 49.58% 97 3.73% 13 0.50% 2,600
Harrison 1,593 45.59% 1,848 52.89% 36 1.03% 17 0.49% 3,494
Hendricks 2,050 59.98% 1,083 31.69% 244 7.14% 41 1.20% 3,418
Henry 2,926 69.04% 1,206 28.46% 90 2.12% 16 0.38% 4,238
Howard 1,589 62.98% 875 34.68% 34 1.35% 25 0.99% 2,523
Huntington 1,582 51.87% 1,402 45.97% 52 1.70% 14 0.46% 3,050
Jackson 1,185 38.50% 1,740 56.53% 117 3.80% 36 1.17% 3,078
Jasper 534 63.88% 278 33.25% 7 0.84% 17 2.03% 836
Jay 1,135 50.90% 1,077 48.30% 12 0.54% 6 0.27% 2,230
Jefferson 2,644 58.70% 1,146 25.44% 564 12.52% 150 3.33% 4,504
Jennings 1,649 57.92% 830 29.15% 326 11.45% 42 1.48% 2,847
Johnson 1,303 42.15% 1,392 45.03% 336 10.87% 60 1.94% 3,091
Knox 1,570 47.30% 1,666 50.23% 42 1.27% 39 1.18% 3,317
Kosciusko 2,298 60.31% 1,500 39.37% 9 0.24% 3 0.08% 3,810
LaGrange 1,695 68.62% 749 30.32% 10 0.40% 16 0.65% 2,470
Lake 1,225 72.06% 455 26.76% 20 1.18% 0 0.00% 1,700
LaPorte 3,167 61.25% 1,504 29.09% 478 9.24% 22 0.43% 5,171
Lawrence 1,100 41.97% 784 29.91% 530 20.22% 207 7.90% 2,621
Madison 1,709 46.75% 1,841 50.36% 70 1.91% 36 0.98% 3,656
Marion 5,024 57.38% 3,252 37.14% 318 3.63% 161 1.84% 8,755
Marshall 1,426 52.33% 1,273 46.72% 24 0.88% 2 0.07% 2,725
Martin 516 34.89% 754 50.98% 153 10.34% 56 3.79% 1,479
Miami 1,835 52.90% 1,608 46.35% 26 0.75% 0 0.00% 3,469
Monroe 1,198 50.48% 716 30.17% 395 16.65% 64 2.70% 2,373
Montgomery 2,366 49.38% 2,279 47.57% 68 1.42% 78 1.63% 4,791
Morgan 1,775 52.65% 1,516 44.97% 65 1.93% 15 0.44% 3,371
Newton 305 56.59% 189 35.06% 44 8.16% 1 0.19% 539
Noble 1,742 56.12% 1,320 42.53% 38 1.22% 4 0.45% 3,104
Ohio 301 29.71% 335 33.07% 203 20.04% 174 17.18% 1,013
Orange 849 38.17% 1,114 50.09% 176 7.91% 85 3.82% 2,224
Owen 1,140 43.20% 1,293 49.00% 88 3.33% 118 4.47% 2,639
Parke 1,898 56.52% 1,321 39.34% 55 1.64% 84 2.50% 3,358
Perry 926 46.56% 897 45.10% 6 0.30% 160 8.04% 1,989
Pike 894 47.73% 882 47.09% 58 3.10% 39 2.08% 1,873
Porter 1,529 56.82% 1,128 41.92% 28 1.04% 6 0.22% 2,691
Posey 1,055 36.71% 1,128 39.25% 523 18.20% 168 5.85% 2,874
Pulaski 571 45.86% 663 53.25% 4 0.32% 7 0.56% 1,245
Putnam 1,888 45.85% 1,747 42.42% 360 8.74% 123 2.99% 4,118
Randolph 2,295 64.81% 1,180 33.32% 56 1.58% 10 0.28% 3,541
Ripley 1,988 54.36% 1,458 39.87% 174 4.76% 37 1.01% 3,657
Rush 1,757 51.87% 1,119 33.04% 476 14.05% 35 1.03% 3,387
St. Joseph 2,363 60.98% 1,489 38.43% 23 0.59% 0 0.00% 3,875
Scott 650 46.07% 447 31.68% 262 18.57% 52 3.69% 1,411
Shelby 1,900 47.32% 2,047 50.98% 43 1.07% 25 0.62% 4,015
Spencer 1,296 47.11% 1,108 40.28% 172 6.25% 175 6.36% 2,751
Starke 190 43.48% 231 52.86% 14 3.20% 2 0.46% 437
Steuben 1,560 71.01% 547 24.90% 82 3.73% 8 0.36% 2,197
Sullivan 856 29.55% 1,858 54.82% 128 4.42% 55 1.90% 2,897
Switzerland 734 33.08% 476 21.45% 499 22.49% 510 22.98% 2,219
Tippecanoe 3,480 58.91% 2,276 38.53% 117 1.98% 34 0.58% 5,907
Tipton 780 48.00% 822 50.58% 20 1.23% 3 0.18% 1,625
Union 849 55.13% 652 42.34% 36 2.34% 3 0.19% 1,540
Vanderburgh 1,867 47.95% 1,542 39.60% 183 4.70% 302 7.76% 3,894
Vermillion 1,125 56.42% 818 41.02% 17 0.85% 34 1.71% 1,994
Vigo 2,429 50.49% 2,127 44.21% 44 0.91% 211 4.39% 4,811
Wabash 2,287 64.82% 1,142 32.37% 79 2.24% 20 0.57% 3,528
Warren 1,412 63.35% 769 34.50% 33 1.48% 15 0.67% 2,229
Wayne 4,234 67.31% 1,784 28.36% 164 2.61% 108 1.72% 6,290
Wells 1,099 54.51% 909 45.09% 6 0.30% 2 0.10% 2,016
White 993 52.82% 811 43.14% 67 3.56% 9 0.48% 1,880
Whitley 1,133 50.65% 1,067 47.70% 33 1.48% 4 0.18% 2,237
Warrick 745 30.53% 784 32.13% 816 33.44% 95 3.89% 2,440
Washington 1,378 40.03% 1,985 57.67% 48 1.39% 31 0.90% 3,442
Total 139,013 51.14% 115,166 42.37% 12,295 4.52% 5,339 1.96% 271,813

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Indiana".
  2. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  3. ^ Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.

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