1860 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1860 United States presidential election in Ohio
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Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 23 0
Popular vote 221,809 187,421
Percentage 51.24% 43.30%
County Results
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James Buchanan
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The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was won by the Republican nominee Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the 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 margin of 7.94%.

Liberty Party (under the name Union Party[1]) candidate Gerrit Smith received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came from Illinois.[2]

The 1860 presidential election in Ohio began a streak in which no Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Ohio[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine 221,809 51.24% 23 100.00%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia 187,421 43.30% 0 0.00%
Constitutional Union John Bell of Tennessee Edward Everett of Massachusetts 12,193 2.82% 0 0.00%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky Joseph Lane of Oregon 11,303 2.61% 0 0.00%
Liberty Gerrit Smith of New York Samuel McFarland of Pennsylvania 136 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 432,862 100.00% 23 100.00%

Results by county

County Abraham Lincoln[4]
Republican 		Stephen A. Douglas[4]
Democratic 		Various candidates[4]
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,667 43.33% 2,010 52.25% 170 4.42% -343 -8.92% 3,847
Allen 1,796 48.18% 1,882 50.48% 50 1.34% -86 -2.30% 3,728
Ashland 2,166 49.05% 1,720 38.95% 530 12.00% 446 10.10% 4,416
Ashtabula 5,566 81.15% 860 12.54% 433 6.31% 4,706 68.61% 6,859
Athens 2,526 61.65% 1,491 36.39% 80 1.96% 1,035 25.26% 4,097
Auglaize 1,088 36.09% 1,836 60.90% 91 3.01% -748 -24.81% 3,015
Belmont 2,675 41.00% 1,450 22.22% 2,400 36.78% 1,225 18.78% 6,525
Brown 2,105 38.69% 3,006 55.26% 329 6.05% -901 -16.57% 5,440
Butler 2,867 39.19% 4,109 56.16% 340 4.65% -1,242 -16.97% 7,316
Carroll 1,767 59.28% 1,043 34.99% 171 5.73% 724 24.29% 2,981
Champaign 2,325 52.12% 1,810 40.57% 326 7.31% 515 11.55% 4,461
Clark 3,017 60.15% 1,730 34.49% 269 5.36% 1,287 25.66% 5,016
Clermont 2,965 46.06% 3,206 49.81% 266 4.13% -241 -3.75% 6,437
Clinton 2,483 61.58% 1,464 36.31% 85 2.11% 1,019 25.27% 4,032
Columbiana 3,864 60.37% 2,130 33.28% 407 6.35% 1,734 27.09% 6,401
Coshocton 2,299 47.83% 2,288 47.60% 220 4.57% 11 0.23% 4,807
Crawford 2,064 41.69% 2,752 55.58% 135 2.73% -688 -13.89% 4,951
Cuyahoga 8,686 62.45% 4,814 34.61% 408 2.94% 3,872 27.84% 13,908
Darke 2,460 49.23% 2,479 49.61% 58 1.16% -19 -0.38% 4,997
Defiance 1,038 43.87% 1,304 55.11% 24 1.02% -266 -11.24% 2,366
Delaware 2,699 56.94% 1,967 41.50% 74 1.56% 732 15.44% 4,740
Erie 2,886 63.57% 1,538 33.88% 116 2.55% 1,348 29.69% 4,540
Fairfield 2,178 37.66% 3,249 56.18% 356 6.16% -1,071 -18.52% 5,783
Fayette 1,458 50.59% 1,121 38.90% 303 10.51% 337 11.69% 2,882
Franklin 4,295 45.99% 4,846 51.90% 197 2.11% -551 -5.89% 9,338
Fulton 1,629 61.63% 984 37.23% 30 1.14% 645 24.40% 2,643
Gallia 1,881 52.54% 1,472 41.12% 227 6.34% 409 11.42% 3,580
Geauga 2,877 79.70% 677 18.75% 56 1.55% 2,200 60.95% 3,610
Greene 3,260 63.06% 1,751 33.87% 159 3.07% 1,509 29.19% 5,170
Guernsey 2,510 55.18% 1,933 42.49% 106 2.33% 577 12.69% 4,549
Hamilton 16,182 45.37% 15,431 43.27% 4,051 11.36% 751 2.10% 35,664
Hancock 2,135 47.70% 2,301 51.41% 40 0.89% -166 -3.71% 4,476
Hardin 1,432 52.72% 1,198 44.11% 86 3.17% 234 8.61% 2,716
Harrison 2,175 60.00% 759 20.94% 691 19.06% 1,416 39.06% 3,625
Henry 808 43.60% 1,039 56.07% 6 0.33% -231 -12.47% 1,853
Highland 2,409 45.34% 2,272 42.76% 632 11.90% 137 2.58% 5,313
Hocking 1,329 42.42% 1,784 56.94% 134 4.14% -455 -14.52% 3,247
Holmes 1,392 37.41% 2,281 61.30% 48 1.29% -889 -23.89% 3,721
Huron 4,107 65.39% 2,083 33.16% 91 1.45% 2,024 32.23% 6,281
Jackson 1,738 53.17% 1,436 43.93% 95 2.90% 302 9.24% 3,269
Jefferson 2,682 57.96% 1,163 25.14% 782 16.90% 1,519 32.82% 4,627
Knox 2,860 51.48% 2,060 37.08% 636 11.44% 800 14.40% 5,556
Lake 2,521 77.74% 622 19.18% 100 3.08% 1,899 58.56% 3,243
Lawrence 1,801 55.90% 1,147 35.60% 274 8.50% 654 20.30% 3,222
Licking 3,502 47.06% 3,154 42.38% 786 10.56% 348 4.68% 7,442
Logan 2,415 59.28% 1,542 37.85% 117 2.87% 873 21.43% 4,074
Lorain 4,045 66.89% 1,766 29.20% 236 3.91% 2,279 37.69% 6,047
Lucas 2,889 58.85% 1,820 37.07% 200 4.08% 1,069 21.78% 4,909
Madison 1,417 53.03% 1,016 38.02% 239 8.95% 401 15.01% 2,672
Mahoning 2,907 57.51% 1,990 39.37% 158 3.12% 917 18.14% 5,055
Marion 1,595 49.03% 1,640 50.42% 18 0.55% -45 -1.39% 3,253
Medina 3,068 62.64% 1,765 36.04% 65 1.32% 1,303 26.60% 4,898
Meigs 2,689 58.30% 1,699 36.84% 224 4.86% 990 21.46% 4,612
Mercer 832 34.01% 1,606 65.66% 8 0.33% -774 -31.65% 2,446
Miami 3,431 58.69% 2,337 39.98% 78 1.33% 1,094 18.71% 5,846
Monroe 1,335 28.57% 3,147 67.36% 190 4.07% -1,812 -38.79% 4,672
Montgomery 4,974 50.07% 4,710 47.41% 251 2.52% 264 2.66% 9,935
Morgan 2,445 57.03% 1,757 40.98% 85 1.99% 688 16.05% 4,287
Morrow 2,260 53.18% 1,928 45.36% 62 1.46% 332 7.82% 4,250
Muskingum 4,004 49.39% 3,550 43.79% 553 6.82% 454 5.60% 8,107
Noble 1,944 52.02% 1,647 44.07% 146 3.91% 297 7.95% 3,737
Ottawa 571 44.37% 692 53.77% 24 1.86% -121 -9.40% 1,287
Paulding 554 58.07% 391 40.99% 9 0.94% 163 17.08% 954
Perry 1,605 43.51% 1,950 52.86% 134 3.63% -345 -9.35% 3,689
Pickaway 2,002 42.70% 2,425 51.73% 261 5.57% -423 -9.03% 4,688
Pike 958 38.44% 1,397 56.06% 137 5.50% -439 -17.62% 2,492
Portage 3,065 59.34% 1,970 38.14% 130 2.52% 1,095 21.20% 5,165
Preble 2,596 59.24% 1,733 39.55% 53 1.21% 863 19.69% 4,382
Putnam 1,010 40.48% 1,478 59.24% 7 0.28% -468 -18.76% 2,495
Richland 3,023 47.60% 3,135 49.36% 193 3.04% -112 -1.76% 6,351
Ross 3,043 47.35% 2,806 43.67% 577 8.98% 237 3.68% 6,426
Sandusky 1,938 45.28% 2,319 54.18% 23 0.54% -381 -8.90% 4,280
Scioto 2,186 50.51% 1,750 40.43% 392 9.06% 436 10.08% 4,328
Seneca 3,052 48.14% 3,175 50.08% 113 1.78% -123 -1.94% 6,340
Shelby 1,597 48.29% 1,669 50.47% 41 1.24% -72 -2.18% 3,307
Stark 4,064 52.98% 2,820 36.76% 787 10.26% 1,244 16.22% 7,671
Summit 3,607 65.52% 1,785 32.43% 113 2.05% 1,822 33.09% 5,505
Trumbull 4,349 69.22% 1,672 26.61% 262 4.17% 2,677 42.61% 6,283
Tuscarawas 3,136 51.72% 2,846 46.93% 82 1.35% 290 4.79% 6,064
Union 1,792 55.55% 1,145 35.49% 289 8.96% 647 20.06% 3,226
Van Wert 1,015 50.93% 959 48.12% 19 0.95% 56 2.81% 1,993
Vinton 1,246 49.39% 1,231 48.79% 46 1.82% 15 0.60% 2,523
Warren 3,316 60.62% 2,011 36.76% 143 2.62% 1,305 23.86% 5,470
Washington 3,169 49.38% 3,060 47.69% 188 2.93% 109 1.69% 6,417
Wayne 3,204 48.73% 3,250 49.43% 121 1.84% -46 -0.70% 6,575
Williams 1,713 56.52% 1,180 38.93% 138 4.55% 533 17.59% 3,031
Wood 2,011 59.85% 1,330 39.58% 19 0.57% 681 20.27% 3,360
Wyandot 1,567 47.72% 1,670 50.85% 47 1.43% -103 -3.13% 3,284
Totals 231,809 52.33% 187,421 42.31% 23,736 5.36% 44,388 10.02% 442,966

See also

References

  1. ^ "US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.
  3. ^ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio".
  4. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1860 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)