1860 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 1860 United States presidential election 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware presidential no 1856 United States presidential election in Delaware 1856 1864 United States presidential election in Delaware 1864 November 6, 1860 John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic (United States) Kentucky Joseph Lane 3 7,339 45.54% John Bell (Restored).png John Bell Constitutional Union Party (United States) Tennessee Edward Everett 0 3,888 24.13% Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) Illinois Hannibal Hamlin 0 3,822 23.72% Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Herschel V. Johnson 0 1,066 6.61% 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware results map by county.svg 120px County results Breckinridge #c7e9c0 40–50% #a1d99b 50–60% President James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) The 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware 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, Republican candidate Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine as well as Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a margin of 21.41%. The Republicans ran a slate of electors for Lincoln, but did not nominate any candidates for other federal and state offices. The party instead endorsed the candidates of the People's Party, an anti-Democratic coalition that supported the Republican presidential ticket.Abbott 1986 17 Results 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware1860 Presidential Election Results Delaware https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1860&fips=10&f=1&off=0&elect=0 John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic (United States) Southern Democratic #4F990C 7,339 45.54% John Bell Constitutional Union #F59100 3,888 24.13% Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) 3,822 23.72% Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 1,066 6.61% 16,115 100.00% Results by county +1860 United States presidential election in DelawareBurnham Walter Dean http://archive.org/details/presidentialball00burn Presidential ballots, 1836-1892 1955 Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press Internet Archive 320CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionAbraham LincolnRepublicanStephen A. DouglasDemocraticMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%Kent2,08151.78%72017.91%1,07526.75%1433.56%1,00625.03%4,019New Castle3,00440.75%1,57621.38%2,07328.12%7199.75%93112.63%7,372Sussex2,25447.71%1,59233.70%67414.27%2044.32%66214.01%4,724Total7,33945.54%3,88824.13%3,82223.72%1,0666.61%3,45121.41%16,115 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic Kent New Castle Sussex See also United States presidential elections in Delaware References Works cited Abbott Richard The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy University of North Carolina Press 1986 https://archive.org/details/republicanparty00abbo 0807816809 Delaware 1860 Category:1860 Delaware elections