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1860 United States presidential election
1860 United States presidential election in Alabama 1846 presidential no 1856 United States presidential election in Alabama 1856 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama 1868 November 6, 1860 x160px John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic (United States) Kentucky Joseph Lane 9 48,669 54.00% John Bell (Restored).png John Bell Constitutional Union Party (United States) Tennessee Edward Everett 0 27,835 30.89% Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Herschel V. Johnson 0 13,618 15.11% 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama results map by county.svg 200px County results
Breckinridge
#E5F6E1 30–40%
#C5E9BE 40–50%
#a1d99b 50–60%
#74c476 60–70%
#40AB5D 70–80%
#238b45 80–90%
Bell
#FCE48E 40–50%
#FED561 50–60%
Douglas
#d3e7ff 30–40%
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60% President James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States)
The 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Alabama was won by 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. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge would win the state by a margin of 23.11%.
The Republican Party and its candidate Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state.
Results
1860 United States presidential election in Alabama1860 Presidential Election Results Alabama https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1860&fips=1&f=1&off=0&elect=0
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic (United States) Southern Democratic #4F990C 48,669 54.00%
John Bell Constitutional Union #F59100 27,835 30.89%
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 13,618 15.11%
90,122 100.00%
Results by county
+CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticMarginTotal votescastCounty Project (WIP) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qW_PF3ONwrR0pp6tZpxvcin0GN5O2VOZfBrtJNhjv3Y/edit?gid=1362497683&usp=embed_facebook 2024-06-08 Google Docs en-US#%#%#%#%Autauga61148.53%25620.33%39231.14%21917.39%1,259Baldwin12928.17%24854.15%8117.69% -119 -25.98%458Barbour1,71572.52%64427.23%60.25%1,07145.29%2,365Bibb61345.41%58243.11%15511.48%312.30%1,350Blount69855.80%655.20%48839.01%21016.79%1,251Butler91843.55%1,07951.19%1115.27% -161 -7.64%2,108Calhoun2,34784.88%36413.16%541.95%1,98371.72%2,765Chambers1,01748.61%91843.88%1577.50%994.73%2,092Cherokee1,70669.46%52721.46%2239.08%1,17948.00%2,456Choctaw54246.25%47240.27%15813.48%705.98%1,172Clarke95274.14%25519.86%776.00%69754.28%1,284Coffee87868.92%39430.93%20.16%48437.99%1,274Conecuh35839.73%33837.51%20522.75%202.22%901Coosa93037.50%70628.47%84434.03%863.47%2,480Covington40448.56%41650.00%121.44% -12 -1.44%832Dale1,28081.95%27717.73%50.32%1,00364.22%1,562Dallas83346.48%62034.60%33918.92%21311.88%1,792DeKalb84967.65%20416.25%20216.10%64551.40%1,255Fayette1,29976.64%35921.18%372.18%94055.46%1,695Franklin90243.43%71534.42%46022.15%1879.01%2,077Greene69643.02%76547.28%1579.70% -69 -4.26%1,618Henry1,10977.77%31722.23%00.00%79255.54%1,426Jackson1,76071.69%1305.30%56523.01%1,19548.68%2,455Jefferson83172.07%24521.25%776.68%58650.82%1,153Lauderdale70636.39%44422.89%79040.72% -84 -4.33%1,940Lawrence 37025.15%52535.69%57639.16% -51 -3.47%1,471Limestone52242.96%36830.29%32526.75%15412.67%1,215Lowndes1,00760.81%59235.75%573.44%41525.06%1,656Macon1,18448.52%1,21049.59%461.89% -26 -1.07%2,440Madison59125.80%40017.46%1,30056.74% -709 -30.94%2,291Marengo83859.31%51236.23%634.46%32623.08%1,413Marion98679.20%19715.82%624.98%78963.38%1,245Marshall44132.21%16512.05%76355.73% -322 -23.52%1,369Mobile1,54130.86%1,62932.63%1,82336.51% -194 -3.88%4,993Monroe53044.20%44737.28%22218.52%836.92%1,199Montgomery1,55557.13%1,03437.99%1334.89%52119.14%2,722Morgan54944.35%14411.63%54544.02%40.33%1,238Perry98252.46%79142.25%995.29%19110.21%1,872Pickens1,21165.60%61933.53%160.87%59232.07%1,846Pike1,58154.67%1,22742.43%842.90%35412.24%2,892Randolph1,73465.58%56721.44%34312.97%1,16744.14%2,644Russell99352.26%85444.95%532.79%1397.31%1,900St. Clair96369.93%17412.64%24017.43%72352.50%1,377Shelby85353.01%57035.43%18611.56%28317.58%1,609Sumter68252.83%47336.64%13610.53%20916.19%1,291Talladega1,30752.87%1,09144.13%742.99%2168.74%2,472Tallapoosa1,45148.06%1,27042.07%2989.87%1815.99%3,019Tuscaloosa1,21953.82%1,02345.17%231.02%1968.65%2,265Walker44652.35%10312.09%30335.56%14316.79%852Washington17649.58%15543.66%246.76%215.92%355Wilcox83364.03%35527.29%1138.69%47836.74%1,301Winston20352.05%4010.26%14737.69%5614.36%390Totals:48,66954.00%27,83530.89%13,61815.11%20,83423.11%90,122
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic
20em
Autauga
Barbour
Bibb
Blount
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Choctaw
Clarke
Coffee
Conecuh
Coosa
Dale
Dallas
DeKalb
Fayette
Franklin
Henry
Jackson
Jefferson
Limestone
Lowndes
Marengo
Marion
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Randolph
Russell
St. Clair
Shelby
Sumter
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tuscaloosa
Walker
Washington
Wilcox
Winston
Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic
Lowndes
Montgomery
Perry
Tuscaloosa
Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union
Baldwin
Butler
Greene
Macon
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union
Covington
See also
United States presidential elections in Alabama
References
Alabama
1860
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