1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1860 United States presidential election 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1856 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1856 1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1864 November 6, 1860 x160px John Bell (Restored).png John Bell Constitutional Union Party (United States) Tennessee Edward Everett 12 69,728 47.72% John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic (United States) Kentucky Joseph Lane 0 65,097 44.55% Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Herschel V. Johnson 0 11,281 7.72% 350px County results Bell #ffeaccff 30–40% #ffd599ff 40–50% #ffbf66ff 50–60% #ffaa33ff 60–70% #ff9100ff 70–80% #e58200ff 80–90% Breckinridge #b3e5bbff 40–50% #8dd899ff 50–60% #67cb77ff 60–70% #41be55ff 70–80% #349844ff 80–90% Douglas #b0c3e8ff 40–50% President James Buchanan Democratic Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) File:Flag of the United States (1859–1861).svg The 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Tennessee was won by the Constitutional Union candidate and Tennessee native Senator John Bell and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated 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 as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Bell won the state by a narrow margin of 3.17%. Republican Party candidate and president-elect Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state. Tennessee was the only one of ten states where Lincoln was noncompetitive that would be carried by a candidate other than Breckinridge. Nonetheless, this is the last election in which Unionist Cocke County and Hancock County were not carried by the Republican presidential nominee.Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 298–304 0786422173 Results 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee1860 Presidential Election Results — Tennessee https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1860&fips=47&f=1&off=0&elect=0 John Bell Constitutional Union Party (United States) #F59100 69,728 47.72% John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic #4F990C 65,097 44.55% Stephen A. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 11,281 7.72% 146,106 100.00% Results by county +1860 United States Presidential Election in Tennessee (by county)https://books.google.com/books?id=Jz4KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA47 The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1861 Tribune Association. enDubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State 978-0-7864-6422-7CountyJohn BellConstitutional UnionJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticStephen A. DouglasDemocraticTotal votescast#%#%#%Anderson61462.46%33934.49%303.05%983Bedford1,50651.40%1,38947.41%351.19%2,930Benton45238.63%71360.94%50.43%1,170Bledsoe36162.67%17730.73%386.60%576Blount1,26166.58%58630.94%472.48%1,894Bradley71040.11%75942.88%30117.01%1,770Campbell34554.25%27142.61%203.14%636Cannon44532.08%92266.47%201.44%1,387Carroll1,57064.45%73730.25%1295.30%2,436Carter85979.61%20519.00%151.39%1,079Claiborne61445.75%71853.50%100.75%1,342Cocke93365.70%47333.31%140.99%1,420Coffee36124.57%1,10174.95%70.48%1,469Cumberland26152.10%23647.11%40.80%501DavidsonVote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.3,85067.96%2,43242.93%3836.76%5,665Decatur47351.64%36239.52%818.84%916DeKalb67743.07%88256.11%130.83%1,572Dickson42733.33%76859.95%866.71%1,281Dyer79856.92%45032.10%15410.98%1,402Fayette95350.16%36419.16%58330.68%1,900Fentress13521.81%46875.61%162.58%619Franklin38820.00%1,52678.66%261.34%1,940Gibson1,90959.86%1,03932.58%2417.56%3,189Giles1,31345.12%1,51151.92%862.96%2,910Grainger1,04760.49%66738.53%170.98%1,731Greene1,04833.38%2,05465.41%381.21%3,140Grundy7414.65%43185.35%00.00%505Hamilton1,07452.16%82039.83%1658.01%2,059Hancock30937.68%49360.12%182.20%820Haywood88552.03%35821.05%45826.93%1,701Hardeman76736.95%55526.73%75436.32%2,076Hawkins1,06746.27%1,15550.09%843.64%2,306Hardin67143.83%71846.90%1429.27%1,531Henderson1,24664.53%61131.64%743.83%1,931Henry88832.65%1,80866.47%240.88%2,720Hickman27320.13%1,06778.69%161.18%1,356Humphreys35034.38%65464.24%141.38%1,018Jackson1,18252.19%1,05046.36%331.46%2,265Jefferson1,62569.41%68129.09%351.50%2,341Johnson50877.91%14021.47%40.61%652Knox2,47171.46%85924.84%1283.70%3,458Lauderdale49352.73%17218.40%27028.88%935Lawrence47038.59%69056.65%584.76%1,218Lewis4013.20%25584.16%82.64%303Lincoln51715.90%2,44275.09%2939.01%3,252Macon56355.20%43042.16%272.65%1,020Madison1,44161.85%46019.74%42918.41%2,330Marion49855.27%34738.51%566.22%901Marshall66232.59%1,32665.29%432.12%2,031Maury1,43444.42%1,73153.62%631.95%3,228McMinn98646.84%97846.46%1416.70%2,105McNairy1,06451.38%49323.80%51424.82%2,071Meigs15019.76%52168.64%8811.59%759Monroe91544.29%1,09953.19%522.52%2,066MontgomeryVote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.1,42655.64%1,04240.66%953.71%2,563Morgan16838.89%21850.46%4610.65%432Obion68639.52%88550.98%1659.50%1,736Overton39421.29%1,41776.55%402.16%1,851Perry39142.04%52055.91%192.04%930Polk39630.84%82564.25%634.91%1,284Rhea28941.34%38655.22%243.43%699Roane1,10555.61%83944.22%432.16%1,987RobertsonVote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.1,30956.47%93040.12%793.41%2,318Rutherford1,54050.23%1,50549.09%210.68%3,066Scott25261.92%15437.84%10.25%407Sequatchie17557.00%10433.88%289.12%307Sevier1,03584.15%18815.28%70.57%1,230Shelby3,04845.15%74411.02%2,95943.83%6,751Smith1,47568.51%61828.70%602.79%2,153Stewart61239.69%78650.97%1449.34%1,542Sullivan53825.33%1,51771.42%693.25%2,124Sumner88332.55%1,67761.81%1535.64%2,713Tipton42039.11%918.47%56352.42%1,074Van Buren11636.83%18759.37%123.81%315Warren37823.45%1,22075.68%140.87%1,612Washington96740.89%1,33156.28%672.83%2,365Wayne70160.12%39233.62%736.26%1,166Weakley90038.12%1,33556.54%1265.34%2,361White76351.66%68646.45%281.90%1,477Williamson1,58765.69%79732.99%321.32%2,416Wilson2,22364.40%1,16633.78%631.83%3,452Total69,71047.70%65,05344.51%11,3847.79%146,147 See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee Notes References Tennessee 1860 Category:1860 Tennessee elections