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