The 1860 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Indiana was won by Republican nominee Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois 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 8.65%. John C. Breckinridge would carry Warrick County by a narrow margin, making it the only county Breckinridge would carry outside of the slave states.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln | 139,033 | 51.09% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas | 115,509 | 42.44% | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | 12,295 | 4.52% | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | 5,306 | 1.95% | |
| Total votes | 272,143 | 100% | ||
Results By County
edit| County | Abraham Lincoln
Republican |
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic |
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic |
John Bell
Constitutional Union |
Total Votes Cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 632 | 40.72% | 887 | 57.15% | 22 | 1.42% | 11 | 0.71% | 1,552 |
| Allen | 2,552 | 43.62% | 3,224 | 55.11% | 42 | 0.72% | 32 | 0.55% | 5,850 |
| Bartholomew | 1,769 | 47.62% | 1,846 | 49.69% | 66 | 1.78% | 34 | 0.92% | 3,715 |
| Benton | 375 | 60.10% | 235 | 37.66% | 6 | 0.96% | 8 | 1.28% | 624 |
| Blackford | 275 | 37.57% | 408 | 55.74% | 40 | 5.46% | 9 | 1.23% | 732 |
| Boone | 1,699 | 50.93% | 941 | 28.21% | 649 | 19.45% | 47 | 1.41% | 3,336 |
| Brown | 301 | 28.21% | 729 | 68.32% | 31 | 2.91% | 6 | 0.56% | 1,067 |
| Carroll | 1,590 | 52.05% | 1,446 | 47.33% | 5 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.46% | 3,055 |
| Cass | 1,874 | 49.77% | 1,727 | 45.87% | 130 | 3.45% | 34 | 0.90% | 3,765 |
| Clinton | 1,454 | 49.15% | 1,437 | 48.58% | 61 | 2.06% | 6 | 0.20% | 2,958 |
| Clark | 1,369 | 36.29% | 1,837 | 48.70% | 250 | 6.63% | 316 | 8.38% | 3,772 |
| Clay | 889 | 38.62% | 1,316 | 57.17% | 47 | 2.04% | 50 | 2.17% | 2,302 |
| Crawford | 778 | 46.53% | 844 | 50.48% | 8 | 0.48% | 42 | 2.51% | 1,672 |
| DeKalb | 1,550 | 53.17% | 1,339 | 45.93% | 2 | 0.07% | 24 | 0.82% | 2,915 |
| Delaware | 1,933 | 62.96% | 1,029 | 33.52% | 98 | 3.19% | 10 | 0.33% | 3,070 |
| Daviess | 934 | 39.83% | 749 | 31.94% | 529 | 22.56% | 133 | 5.67% | 2,345 |
| Dearborn | 2,004 | 44.30% | 2,378 | 52.56% | 51 | 1.13% | 91 | 2.01% | 4,524 |
| Decatur | 2,028 | 55.00% | 1,546 | 41.93% | 93 | 2.52% | 20 | 0.54% | 3,687 |
| Dubois | 301 | 18.02% | 1,347 | 80.66% | 2 | 0.12% | 20 | 1.20% | 1,670 |
| Elkhart | 2,471 | 55.69% | 1,938 | 43.68% | 27 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,437 |
| Fayette | 1,343 | 58.19% | 917 | 39.73% | 39 | 1.69% | 9 | 0.39% | 2,308 |
| Floyd | 1,151 | 33.31% | 1,888 | 54.65% | 96 | 2.78% | 320 | 9.26% | 3,455 |
| Fountain | 1,656 | 50.02% | 1,360 | 41.08% | 269 | 8.12% | 26 | 0.79% | 3,311 |
| Franklin | 1,695 | 42.11% | 2,272 | 56.45% | 49 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.22% | 4,025 |
| Fulton | 1,019 | 50.00% | 991 | 48.63% | 22 | 1.08% | 6 | 0.29% | 2,038 |
| Gibson | 1,295 | 43.15% | 1,565 | 52.15% | 29 | 0.97% | 112 | 3.73% | 3,001 |
| Grant | 1,668 | 56.16% | 1,223 | 41.18% | 33 | 1.11% | 46 | 1.55% | 2,970 |
| Greene | 1,420 | 47.97% | 1,316 | 44.46% | 204 | 6.89% | 20 | 0.68% | 2,960 |
| Hamilton | 2,195 | 63.79% | 1,144 | 33.25% | 98 | 2.85% | 4 | 0.12% | 3,441 |
| Hancock | 1,201 | 46.19% | 1,289 | 49.58% | 97 | 3.73% | 13 | 0.50% | 2,600 |
| Harrison | 1,593 | 45.59% | 1,848 | 52.89% | 36 | 1.03% | 17 | 0.49% | 3,494 |
| Hendricks | 2,050 | 59.98% | 1,083 | 31.69% | 244 | 7.14% | 41 | 1.20% | 3,418 |
| Henry | 2,926 | 69.04% | 1,206 | 28.46% | 90 | 2.12% | 16 | 0.38% | 4,238 |
| Howard | 1,589 | 62.98% | 875 | 34.68% | 34 | 1.35% | 25 | 0.99% | 2,523 |
| Huntington | 1,582 | 51.87% | 1,402 | 45.97% | 52 | 1.70% | 14 | 0.46% | 3,050 |
| Jackson | 1,185 | 38.50% | 1,740 | 56.53% | 117 | 3.80% | 36 | 1.17% | 3,078 |
| Jasper | 534 | 63.88% | 278 | 33.25% | 7 | 0.84% | 17 | 2.03% | 836 |
| Jay | 1,135 | 50.90% | 1,077 | 48.30% | 12 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.27% | 2,230 |
| Jefferson | 2,644 | 58.70% | 1,146 | 25.44% | 564 | 12.52% | 150 | 3.33% | 4,504 |
| Jennings | 1,649 | 57.92% | 830 | 29.15% | 326 | 11.45% | 42 | 1.48% | 2,847 |
| Johnson | 1,303 | 42.15% | 1,392 | 45.03% | 336 | 10.87% | 60 | 1.94% | 3,091 |
| Knox | 1,570 | 47.30% | 1,666 | 50.23% | 42 | 1.27% | 39 | 1.18% | 3,317 |
| Kosciusko | 2,298 | 60.31% | 1,500 | 39.37% | 9 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.08% | 3,810 |
| LaGrange | 1,695 | 68.62% | 749 | 30.32% | 10 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.65% | 2,470 |
| Lake | 1,225 | 72.06% | 455 | 26.76% | 20 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,700 |
| LaPorte | 3,167 | 61.25% | 1,504 | 29.09% | 478 | 9.24% | 22 | 0.43% | 5,171 |
| Lawrence | 1,100 | 41.97% | 784 | 29.91% | 530 | 20.22% | 207 | 7.90% | 2,621 |
| Madison | 1,709 | 46.75% | 1,841 | 50.36% | 70 | 1.91% | 36 | 0.98% | 3,656 |
| Marion | 5,024 | 57.38% | 3,252 | 37.14% | 318 | 3.63% | 161 | 1.84% | 8,755 |
| Marshall | 1,426 | 52.33% | 1,273 | 46.72% | 24 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,725 |
| Martin | 516 | 34.89% | 754 | 50.98% | 153 | 10.34% | 56 | 3.79% | 1,479 |
| Miami | 1,835 | 52.90% | 1,608 | 46.35% | 26 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,469 |
| Monroe | 1,198 | 50.48% | 716 | 30.17% | 395 | 16.65% | 64 | 2.70% | 2,373 |
| Montgomery | 2,366 | 49.38% | 2,279 | 47.57% | 68 | 1.42% | 78 | 1.63% | 4,791 |
| Morgan | 1,775 | 52.65% | 1,516 | 44.97% | 65 | 1.93% | 15 | 0.44% | 3,371 |
| Newton | 305 | 56.59% | 189 | 35.06% | 44 | 8.16% | 1 | 0.19% | 539 |
| Noble | 1,742 | 56.12% | 1,320 | 42.53% | 38 | 1.22% | 4 | 0.45% | 3,104 |
| Ohio | 301 | 29.71% | 335 | 33.07% | 203 | 20.04% | 174 | 17.18% | 1,013 |
| Orange | 849 | 38.17% | 1,114 | 50.09% | 176 | 7.91% | 85 | 3.82% | 2,224 |
| Owen | 1,140 | 43.20% | 1,293 | 49.00% | 88 | 3.33% | 118 | 4.47% | 2,639 |
| Parke | 1,898 | 56.52% | 1,321 | 39.34% | 55 | 1.64% | 84 | 2.50% | 3,358 |
| Perry | 926 | 46.56% | 897 | 45.10% | 6 | 0.30% | 160 | 8.04% | 1,989 |
| Pike | 894 | 47.73% | 882 | 47.09% | 58 | 3.10% | 39 | 2.08% | 1,873 |
| Porter | 1,529 | 56.82% | 1,128 | 41.92% | 28 | 1.04% | 6 | 0.22% | 2,691 |
| Posey | 1,055 | 36.71% | 1,128 | 39.25% | 523 | 18.20% | 168 | 5.85% | 2,874 |
| Pulaski | 571 | 45.86% | 663 | 53.25% | 4 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.56% | 1,245 |
| Putnam | 1,888 | 45.85% | 1,747 | 42.42% | 360 | 8.74% | 123 | 2.99% | 4,118 |
| Randolph | 2,295 | 64.81% | 1,180 | 33.32% | 56 | 1.58% | 10 | 0.28% | 3,541 |
| Ripley | 1,988 | 54.36% | 1,458 | 39.87% | 174 | 4.76% | 37 | 1.01% | 3,657 |
| Rush | 1,757 | 51.87% | 1,119 | 33.04% | 476 | 14.05% | 35 | 1.03% | 3,387 |
| St. Joseph | 2,363 | 60.98% | 1,489 | 38.43% | 23 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,875 |
| Scott | 650 | 46.07% | 447 | 31.68% | 262 | 18.57% | 52 | 3.69% | 1,411 |
| Shelby | 1,900 | 47.32% | 2,047 | 50.98% | 43 | 1.07% | 25 | 0.62% | 4,015 |
| Spencer | 1,296 | 47.11% | 1,108 | 40.28% | 172 | 6.25% | 175 | 6.36% | 2,751 |
| Starke | 190 | 43.48% | 231 | 52.86% | 14 | 3.20% | 2 | 0.46% | 437 |
| Steuben | 1,560 | 71.01% | 547 | 24.90% | 82 | 3.73% | 8 | 0.36% | 2,197 |
| Sullivan | 856 | 29.55% | 1,858 | 54.82% | 128 | 4.42% | 55 | 1.90% | 2,897 |
| Switzerland | 734 | 33.08% | 476 | 21.45% | 499 | 22.49% | 510 | 22.98% | 2,219 |
| Tippecanoe | 3,480 | 58.91% | 2,276 | 38.53% | 117 | 1.98% | 34 | 0.58% | 5,907 |
| Tipton | 780 | 48.00% | 822 | 50.58% | 20 | 1.23% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,625 |
| Union | 849 | 55.13% | 652 | 42.34% | 36 | 2.34% | 3 | 0.19% | 1,540 |
| Vanderburgh | 1,867 | 47.95% | 1,542 | 39.60% | 183 | 4.70% | 302 | 7.76% | 3,894 |
| Vermillion | 1,125 | 56.42% | 818 | 41.02% | 17 | 0.85% | 34 | 1.71% | 1,994 |
| Vigo | 2,429 | 50.49% | 2,127 | 44.21% | 44 | 0.91% | 211 | 4.39% | 4,811 |
| Wabash | 2,287 | 64.82% | 1,142 | 32.37% | 79 | 2.24% | 20 | 0.57% | 3,528 |
| Warren | 1,412 | 63.35% | 769 | 34.50% | 33 | 1.48% | 15 | 0.67% | 2,229 |
| Wayne | 4,234 | 67.31% | 1,784 | 28.36% | 164 | 2.61% | 108 | 1.72% | 6,290 |
| Wells | 1,099 | 54.51% | 909 | 45.09% | 6 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.10% | 2,016 |
| White | 993 | 52.82% | 811 | 43.14% | 67 | 3.56% | 9 | 0.48% | 1,880 |
| Whitley | 1,133 | 50.65% | 1,067 | 47.70% | 33 | 1.48% | 4 | 0.18% | 2,237 |
| Warrick | 745 | 30.53% | 784 | 32.13% | 816 | 33.44% | 95 | 3.89% | 2,440 |
| Washington | 1,378 | 40.03% | 1,985 | 57.67% | 48 | 1.39% | 31 | 0.90% | 3,442 |
| Total | 139,013 | 51.14% | 115,166 | 42.37% | 12,295 | 4.52% | 5,339 | 1.96% | 271,813 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Indiana".
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.