1860 United States presidential election in Mississippi

1860 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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Nominee John C. Breckinridge John Bell
Party Southern Democratic Constitutional Union
Home state Kentucky Tennessee
Running mate Joseph Lane Edward Everett
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 40,768 25,045
Percentage 59.00% 36.25%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

Mississippi 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 running mate 15th 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 won the state by a margin of 22.75%.

The Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Mississippi[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 40,768 59.00%
Constitutional Union John Bell 25,045 36.25%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 3,282 4.75%
Total votes 69,095 100%

Results By County

1860 United States Presidential Election in Mississippi (By County)[2]
County John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # %
Adams 376 38.29% 448 45.62% 158 16.09% 982
Amite 427 52.52% 383 47.11% 3 0.37% 813
Attala 1,030 66.03% 525 33.65% 5 0.32% 1,560
Bolivar 218 43.00% 277 54.64% 12 2.37% 507
Calhoun 791 65.92% 355 29.58% 54 4.50% 1,200
Carroll 1,185 59.73% 788 39.72% 11 0.55% 1,984
Claiborne 421 59.30% 263 37.04% 26 3.66% 710
Clarke 904 68.33% 343 25.93% 76 5.74% 1,323
Chickasaw 1,071 65.23% 538 32.76% 33 2.01% 1,642
Choctaw 1,336 66.70% 642 32.05% 25 1.25% 2,003
Coahoma 157 38.48% 210 51.47% 41 10.05% 408
Copiah 1,052 65.59% 538 33.54% 14 0.87% 1,604
Covington 391 77.43% 106 20.99% 8 1.58% 505
De Soto 745 37.42% 845 42.44% 401 20.14% 1,991
Franklin 335 67.81% 156 31.58% 3 0.61% 494
Greene 250 84.75% 45 15.25% 0 0.00% 295
Hancock 257 84.54% 47 15.46% 0 0.00% 304
Harrison 460 83.94% 88 16.06% 0 0.00% 548
Hinds 1,615 58.56% 1,103 39.99% 40 1.45% 2,758
Holmes 784 55.25% 626 44.12% 9 0.63% 1,419
Issaquena 104 42.80% 133 54.73% 6 2.47% 243
Itawamba 1,684 68.07% 727 29.39% 63 2.55% 2,474
Jackson 216 83.72% 25 9.69% 17 6.59% 258
Jasper 712 65.26% 361 33.09% 18 1.65% 1,091
Jefferson 333 51.39% 266 41.05% 49 7.56% 648
Jones 264 73.33% 96 26.67% 0 0.00% 360
Kemper 689 54.81% 499 39.70% 69 5.49% 1,257
Lafayette 1,034 55.47% 686 36.80% 144 7.73% 1,864
Lauderdale 951 65.77% 353 24.41% 142 9.82% 1,446
Lawrence 840 84.76% 146 14.73% 5 0.50% 991
Leake 690 65.09% 368 34.72% 2 0.19% 1,060
Lowndes 929 56.61% 676 41.19% 36 2.19% 1,641
Madison 627 53.68% 524 44.86% 17 1.46% 1,168
Marion 298 88.96% 35 10.45% 2 0.60% 335
Marshall 1,149 45.67% 1,098 43.64% 269 10.69% 2,516
Monroe 1,273 65.82% 612 31.64% 49 2.53% 1,934
Neshoba 732 80.97% 162 17.92% 10 1.11% 904
Newton 684 73.55% 217 23.33% 29 3.12% 930
Noxubee 701 58.42% 442 36.83% 57 4.75% 1,200
Oktibbeha 746 72.78% 259 25.27% 20 1.95% 1,025
Panola 551 38.34% 700 48.71% 186 12.94% 1,437
Perry 201 64.42% 105 33.65% 6 1.92% 312
Pike 831 78.99% 221 21.01% 0 0.00% 1,052
Pontotoc 1,512 56.08% 845 31.34% 339 12.57% 2,696
Rankin 676 56.71% 505 42.37% 11 0.92% 1,192
Scott 693 69.30% 299 29.90% 8 0.80% 1,000
Simpson 370 72.69% 136 26.72% 3 0.59% 509
Smith 517 68.39% 234 30.95% 5 0.66% 756
Sunflower 173 55.45% 138 44.23% 1 0.32% 312
Tallahatchie 285 48.63% 266 45.39% 35 5.97% 586
Tippah 1,456 57.41% 826 32.57% 254 10.02% 2,536
Tishomingo 1,748 50.48% 1,412 40.77% 303 8.75% 3,463
Tunica 122 45.02% 140 51.66% 9 3.32% 271
Warren 580 39.22% 816 55.17% 83 5.61% 1,479
Washington 180 47.24% 201 52.76% 0 0.00% 381
Wayne 180 62.07% 110 37.93% 0 0.00% 290
Wilkinson 404 53.02% 324 42.52% 34 4.46% 762
Winston 800 72.60% 299 27.13% 3 0.27% 1,102
Yalobusha 919 54.00% 707 41.54% 76 4.47% 1,702
Yazoo 688 48.08% 739 51.64% 4 0.28% 1,431
Total 40,797 59.02% 25,040 36.23% 3,283 4.75% 69,120

See also

References

  1. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Mississippi".
  2. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.