1860 United States presidential election in Oregon
County Results
Lincoln
40-50%
50-60%
Breckinridge
40-50%
50-60%
Douglas
40-50%
The 1860 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election . Oregon voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Oregon voted in its first ever presidential election, having become the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. The state was won by the Republican nominee, Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine . They defeated the Southern Democratic nominee 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 nominee Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson . Lincoln won the state by a narrow margin of 1.83%.
Oregon was the only state where the first and second-place finishers matched the first and second place national finishers in the electoral college (Lincoln first, then Breckinridge in second).
Results
Results By County
1860 United States Presidential Election in Oregon (By County)[ 2] [ 3]
County
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic
John Bell
Constitutional Union
Total Votes Cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Benton
213
28.86%
392
53.12%
130
17.62%
3
0.41%
738
Clackamas
410
44.86%
323
35.34%
179
19.58%
2
0.22%
914
Clatsop
68
50.37%
29
21.48%
38
28.15%
0
0.00%
135
Columbia
62
43.36%
36
25.17%
45
31.47%
0
0.00%
143
Coos
71
38.17%
22
11.83%
90
48.39%
3
1.61%
186
Curry
42
24.71%
53
31.18%
69
40.59%
6
3.53%
170
Douglas
322
28.37%
506
44.58%
284
25.02%
23
2.03%
1,135
Jackson
377
24.53%
672
43.72%
399
25.96%
89
5.79%
1,537
Josephine
253
30.37%
351
42.14%
211
25.33%
18
2.16%
833
Lane
507
41.09%
565
45.79%
155
12.56%
7
0.57%
1,234
Linn
582
37.14%
672
42.88%
308
19.66%
5
0.32%
1,567
Marion
598
33.86%
286
16.19%
865
48.98%
17
0.96%
1,766
Multnomah
571
47.54%
261
21.73%
364
30.31%
5
0.42%
1,201
Polk
191
23.58%
215
26.54%
400
49.38%
4
0.49%
810
Tillamook
11
34.38%
13
40.63%
8
25.00%
0
0.00%
32
Umpqua
151
50.67%
75
25.17%
72
24.16%
0
0.00%
298
Wasco
168
29.42%
255
44.66%
148
25.92%
0
0.00%
571
Washington
371
57.43%
138
21.36%
134
20.74%
3
0.46%
646
Yamhill
415
48.82%
217
25.53%
211
24.82%
7
0.82%
850
Total
5,344
36.20%
5,074
34.37%
4,131
27.99%
212
1.44%
14,761
See also
References