1860 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1860 United States presidential election 1860 United States presidential election in New York New York File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg 1778 presidential no 1856 United States presidential election in New York 1856 1864 United States presidential election in New York 1864 95.5%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 5.6 pp November 6, 1860 x200px Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) Illinois Hannibal Hamlin 35 353,804 53.70% 100x100px 100x100px100x100px Stephen Douglas (Dem) John Bell (CU) John C. Breckinridge (SD) Fusion Party (US) DemocraticConstitutional UnionSouthern Democratic Illinois (Douglas) Tennessee (Bell) Kentucky (Breckinridge) Herschel V. Johnson (Dem) Edward Everett (CU) Joseph Lane (SD) 0 305,101 46.30% 1860 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg 440px County results Lincoln #e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80% Fusion #86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70%#1666cb 70–80% President James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) The 1860 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was the tipping state in this election, and had Lincoln lost it there would have been a contingent election decided by Congress. New York was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who defeated the Democratic fusion ticket. Lincoln won New York by a margin of 7.39 percentage points. New York in the election was one of the four states that had a fusion ticket for the Democratic Party. The other three states were New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. New York was home to a prominent Republican politician, William H. Seward who was widely expected to be nominated in the Republican Convention. New York was key to the election; a Lincoln loss there would deadlock the Electoral College. Soon after his return from his Midwest tour, Seward embarked on another, speaking to large crowds across the state of New York. At his advisor Thurlow Weed's urging, he went to New York City and gave a patriotic speech before a large crowd on November 3, only three days before the election.Van Deusen Glyndon William Henry Seward https://archive.org/details/williamhenrysewa00vand registration New York Oxford University Press 1967 426046 234–235 Results 1860 United States presidential election in New YorkOfficial Canvass https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/329295271/ 2 December 2025 The New York Herald 3 January 1861 8Supplement - Official Canvass - Electoral and State https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=cha18610124-01.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 2 December 2025 The Chenango American 24 January 1861 Greene 5The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1861 1861 The Tribune Association New York 41 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9v129v9d&view=1up&seq=127 2 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket.PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Abraham Lincoln 353,804 53.70% 35 FusionThe slate of electors were pledged to 3 different candidates: 18 to Douglas, 10 to Bell, and 7 to Breckinridge.Dubin, Michael J., United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State, McFarland & Company, 2002, p. 187 Stephen A. Douglas / John Bell / John C. Breckinridge 305,101 46.30% 0 Totals 658,905 100.00% 35 Results by county County Abraham LincolnRepublican Stephen A. DouglasJohn BellJohn C. BreckinridgeFusion Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Albany9,83546.85%11,15853.15%-1,323-6.30%20,993Allegany6,44371.76%2,53528.24%3,90843.53%8,978Broome4,55461.31%2,87438.69%1,68022.62%7,428Cattaraugus5,95563.52%3,42036.48%2,53527.04%9,375Cayuga7,92266.69%3,95633.31%3,96633.39%11,878Chautauqua8,48169.80%3,67030.20%4,81139.59%12,151Chemung2,94954.35%2,47745.65%4728.70%5,426Chenango5,68560.63%3,69139.37%1,99421.27%9,376Clinton3,96154.76%3,27245.24%6899.53%7,233Columbia5,10851.97%4,72048.03%3883.95%9,828Cortland3,89369.46%1,71230.54%2,18138.91%5,605Delaware5,00159.83%3,35840.17%1,64319.66%8,359Dutchess6,76352.63%6,08647.37%6775.27%12,849Erie12,43053.29%10,89746.71%1,5336.57%23,327Essex3,45465.80%1,79534.20%1,65931.61%5,249Franklin3,10355.98%2,44044.02%66311.96%5,543FultonIncludes Hamilton County3,11151.79%2,89648.21%2153.58%6,007Genesee4,46464.51%2,45635.49%2,00829.02%6,920Greene3,13747.00%3,53753.00%-400-5.99%6,674Herkimer5,30261.17%3,36638.83%1,93622.34%8,668Jefferson8,79661.35%5,54238.65%3,25422.69%14,338Kings15,88343.54%20,59956.46%-4,716-12.93%36,482Lewis3,25758.84%2,27841.16%97917.69%5,535Livingston5,17861.34%3,26438.66%1,91422.67%8,442Madison6,28966.15%3,21833.85%3,07132.30%9,507Monroe10,80859.69%7,30040.31%3,50819.37%18,108Montgomery3,52852.03%3,25347.97%2754.06%6,781New York33,29034.76%62,482 65.24%-29,192-30.48%95,772Niagara4,99257.12%3,74842.88%1,24414.23%8,740Oneida12,50858.07%9,03141.93%3,47716.14%21,539Onondaga11,24360.77%7,25939.23%3,98421.53%18,502Ontario5,76461.27%3,64338.73%2,12122.55%9,407 Orange"late" The return from this county arrived too late to be included in the official state canvass.5,89849.53%6,01150.47%-113-0.95%11,909Orleans3,85963.20%2,24736.80%1,61226.40%6,106Oswego9,07662.62%5,41837.38%3,65825.24%14,494Otsego6,54356.28%5,08243.72%1,46112.57%11,625Putnam1,24348.33%1,32951.67%-86-3.34%2,572Queens3,74946.06%4,39253.94%-642-7.89%8,140Rensselaer8,46449.92%8,49250.08%-28-0.17%16,956Richmond1,40837.27%2,37062.73%-962-25.46%3,778Rockland1,41037.32%2,37062.68%-958-25.36%3,778Saratoga5,90056.42%4,55743.58%1,34312.84%10,457Schenectady2,15451.89%1,99748.11%1573.78%4,151Schoharie3,27943.77%4,21256.23%-933-12.45%7,491Schuyler2,55159.88%1,70940.12%84219.77%4,260Seneca3,02550.23%2,99749.77%280.46%6,022St. Lawrence11,32473.66%4,04926.34%7,27547.32%15,373Steuben8,25062.16%5,02337.84%3,22724.31%13,273Suffolk3,75651.61%3,52148.39%2353.23%7,277Sullivan"late"2,94448.15%3,17051.85%-226-3.70%6,114Tioga3,76057.80%2,74542.20%1,01515.60%6,505Tompkins4,34858.96%3,02741.04%1,32117.91%7,375Ulster6,77552.05%6,24247.95%5234.09%13,017Warren2,71957.96%1,97242.04%74715.92%4,691Washington6,17363.91%3,48636.09%2,68727.82%9,659Wayne6,66862.85%3,94237.15%2,72625.69%10,610Westchester6,77145.45%8,12654.55%-1,355-9.10%14,897Wyoming4,49865.27%2,39334.73%2,10530.55%6,891Yates3,01467.17%1,47332.83%1,54134.34%4,487TotalsDoes not include the late arriving votes from Orange and Sullivan counties353,80453.70%305,10146.30%48,7037.39%658,905 New York City results Results by ward (New York County)The Tribune almanac and political register 1860 - 1864 - Page 45 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t9v129v9d&seq=131 HathiTrust Ward LincolnRepublican Fusion Total Votes % Votes % Votes 1 504 25.90% 1,442 74.10% 1,946 2 223 35.34% 408 64.66% 631 3 285 33.33% 570 66.67% 855 4 498 19.64% 2,037 80.36% 2,535 5 1,144 34.76% 2,147 65.24% 3,291 6 397 12.31% 2,827 87.69% 3,224 7 1,435 29.90% 3,365 70.10% 4,800 8 1,641 34.40% 3,130 65.60% 4,771 9 2,944 42.67% 3,956 57.33% 6,900 10 1,463 40.03% 2,192 59.97% 3,655 11 1,943 31.51% 4,224 68.49% 6,167 12 991 32.40% 2,068 67.60% 3,059 13 1,347 36.43% 2,351 63.57% 3,698 14 748 20.91% 2,830 79.09% 3,578 15 1,737 40.73% 2,528 59.27% 4,265 16 2,473 41.98% 3,418 58.02% 5,891 17 2,975 34.33% 5,690 65.67% 8,665 18 2,130 33.43% 4,242 66.57% 6,372 19 1,180 38.92% 1,852 61.08% 3,032 20 2,822 39.15% 4,386 60.85% 7,208 21 2,269 38.69% 3,596 61.31% 5,865 22 2,141 41.33% 3,039 58.67% 5,180 Totals 33,290 34.83% 62,298 65.17% 95,588 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Erie Franklin Counties that flipped from American to Republican Ulster Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Orange Rensselaer Counties that flipped from American to Democratic Queens Sullivans See also United States presidential elections in New York Notes References Category:1860 New York (state) elections 1860 New York