1860 United States presidential election in Vermont
County Results
Lincoln 60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The 1860 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election . Voters chose five electors of the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Vermont was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Hannibal Hamlin They defeated Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas and his running mate Herschel V. Johnson . Lincoln won the state by a landslide margin of 56.45%.
With 75.86% of the popular vote, Vermont would be Lincoln's strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote.[ 1]
Stephen A. Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont .
Results
Results By County
1860 United States Presidential Election in Vermont (By County)[ 3] [ a]
County
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic
John Bell
Constitutional Union
Total Votes Cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Addison
2,626
86.55%
344
11.34%
47
1.55%
17
0.56%
3,034
Bennington
1,937
70.36%
710
25.79%
94
3.41%
12
0.44%
2,753
Caledonia
2,139
73.03%
581
19.84%
189
6.45%
20
0.68%
2,929
Chittenden
2,241
77.81%
545
18.92%
69
2.40%
25
0.87%
2,880
Essex
646
66.67%
312
32.20%
10
1.03%
1
0.10%
969
Franklin
1,979
71.60%
538
19.46%
227
8.21%
20
0.72%
2,764
Grand Isle
333
71.00%
89
18.98%
41
8.74%
6
1.28%
469
Lamoille
1,280
78.43%
312
19.12%
37
2.27%
3
0.18%
1,632
Orange
2,714
68.94%
973
24.71%
212
5.38%
38
0.97%
3,937
Orleans
1,749
80.67%
293
13.51%
120
5.54%
6
0.28%
2,168
Rutland
4,178
73.75%
1,348
23.80%
116
2.05%
23
0.41%
5,665
Washington
2,941
70.07%
1,209
28.81%
43
1.02%
4
0.10%
4,197
Windham
3,732
79.69%
461
9.84%
473
10.10%
17
0.36%
4,683
Windsor
5,313
80.94%
934
14.23%
291
4.43%
26
0.40%
6,564
Total
33,808
75.73%
8,649
19.37%
1,969
4.41%
218
0.49%
44,644
See also
Notes
^ In the 1861 Tribune Almanac, the votes of Breckinridge and Bell are 218 and 1,969 respectively. However, it is the opposite in David Leip's US Election Atlas. To avoid conflicting data, the county numbers from the Tribune Almanac for Breckinridge and Bell are swapped to match up with the data in the US Election Atlas.
References