1860 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

The 1860 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 27 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1860 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Nominee Abraham Lincoln
Party Republican Democratic (Fusion)
Home state Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin
Electoral vote 27 0
Popular vote 268,030 178,871
Percentage 56.26% 37.54%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The Democratic Party chose its slate of electors before the National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. Since this was decided before the party split, both supporters of Stephen A. Douglas and supporters of John C. Breckinridge claimed the right for their man to be considered the party candidate and the support of the electoral slate. Eventually, the state party worked out an agreement: if either candidate could win the national election with Pennsylvania's electoral vote, then all her electoral votes would go to that candidate. Of the 27 electoral candidates, 15 were Breckinridge supporters; the remaining 12 were for Douglas. This was often referred to as the Reading electoral slate, because it was in that city that the state party chose it.[1]

Not all of the Douglas supporters agreed to the Reading slate deal and established a separate Douglas-only ticket. This slate comprised the 12 Douglas electoral candidates on the Reading ticket, and 15 additional Douglas supporters. This ticket was usually referred to as the Straight Douglas ticket. Thus 12 electoral candidates appeared on 2 tickets, Reading and Straight Douglas.[1]

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Abraham Lincoln 268,030 56.26% 27
Democratic (Fusion) John C. Breckinridge / Stephen A. Douglas 178,871 37.54% 0
Democratic ("Straight Douglas") Stephen A. Douglas 16,765 3.52% 0
Constitutional Union John Bell 12,776 2.68% 0
Totals 476,442 100.0% 27

Results By County

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1860 United States Presidential Election in Pennsylvania (By County)[3]
County Abraham Lincoln

Republican

John C. Breckinridge/

Stephen A. Douglas Fusion

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

("Straight Douglas")

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 2,724 50.06% 2,644 48.59% 36 0.66% 38 0.70% 5,442
Allegheny 16,725 68.15% 6,725 27.40% 523 2.13% 570 2.32% 24,543
Armstrong 3,355 60.80% 2,108 38.20% 5 0.09% 50 0.91% 5,518
Beaver 2,824 62.66% 1,621 35.97% 4 0.09% 58 1.29% 4,507
Bedford 2,505 51.87% 2,224 46.06% 14 0.29% 86 1.78% 4,829
Berks 6,709 41.64% 8,846 54.91% 420 2.61% 136 0.84% 16,111
Blair 3,050 61.48% 1,275 25.70% 239 4.82% 397 8.00% 4,961
Bradford 7,091 76.17% 2,188 23.50% 9 0.10% 22 0.24% 9,310
Bucks 6,443 52.82% 5,174 42.41% 487 3.99% 95 0.78% 12,199
Butler 3,640 60.60% 2,332 38.82% 13 0.22% 22 0.37% 6,007
Cambria 2,277 54.81% 1,643 39.55% 110 2.65% 124 2.99% 4,154
Carbon 1,758 50.97% 1,301 37.72% 369 10.70% 21 0.61% 3,449
Centre 3,021 55.07% 2,423 44.17% 26 0.47% 16 0.29% 5,486
Chester 7,771 58.68% 5,008 37.81% 263 1.99% 202 1.53% 13,244
Clarion 1,829 46.67% 2,078 53.02% 0 0.00% 12 0.31% 3,919
Clearfield 1,702 47.80% 1,836 51.56% 0 0.00% 23 0.65% 3,561
Clinton 1,736 56.88% 1,244 40.76% 72 2.36% 0 0.00% 3,052
Columbia 1,873 43.17% 2,366 54.53% 86 1.98% 14 0.32% 4,339
Crawford 5,779 65.49% 2,961 33.56% 62 0.70% 22 0.25% 8,824
Cumberland 3,593 51.71% 3,183 45.81% 26 0.36% 147 2.12% 6,949
Dauphin 4,531 62.18% 2,392 32.83% 195 2.68% 169 2.32% 7,287
Delaware 3,181 62.12% 1,500 29.29% 152 2.97% 288 5.62% 5,121
Elk 407 43.76% 523 56.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 930
Erie 6,160 70.02% 2,531 28.77% 17 0.19% 90 1.02% 8,798
Fayette 3,454 49.82% 3,308 47.71% 24 0.35% 147 2.12% 6,933
Forest 107 69.48% 47 30.52% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 154
Franklin 4,151 56.37% 2,515 34.15% 622 8.45% 76 1.03% 7,364
Fulton 788 45.05% 911 52.09% 1 0.06% 49 2.80% 1,749
Greene 1,614 37.34% 2,665 61.66% 26 0.60% 17 0.39% 4,322
Huntingdon 3,089 64.52% 1,622 33.88% 55 1.15% 22 0.46% 4,788
Indiana 3,910 74.07% 1,347 25.52% 0 0.00% 22 0.42% 5,279
Jefferson 1,704 59.81% 1,134 39.80% 6 0.21% 5 0.18% 2,849
Juniata 1,494 55.23% 1,147 42.40% 2 0.07% 62 2.29% 2,705
Lancaster 13,352 67.93% 5,135 26.12% 728 3.70% 441 2.24% 19,656
Lawrence 2,937 77.86% 788 20.89% 16 0.42% 31 0.82% 3,772
Lebanon 3,868 65.58% 1,917 32.50% 10 0.17% 103 1.75% 5,898
Lehigh 4,170 49.28% 4,094 48.39% 145 1.71% 52 0.61% 8,461
Luzerne 7,300 51.76% 6,803 48.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 14,103
Lycoming 3,494 56.59% 2,402 38.91% 187 3.03% 91 1.47% 6,174
McKean 1,077 64.49% 591 35.39% 0 0.00% 2 0.12% 1,670
Mercer 3,855 59.75% 2,546 39.46% 2 0.03% 49 0.76% 6,452
Mifflin 1,701 56.53% 1,189 39.51% 83 2.76% 36 1.20% 3,009
Monroe 844 35.21% 1,262 52.65% 291 12.14% 0 0.00% 2,397
Montgomery 5,826 46.18% 5,590 44.31% 509 4.03% 690 5.47% 12,615
Montour 1,043 48.65% 786 36.66% 311 14.51% 4 0.19% 2,144
Northampton 3,839 44.02% 4,597 52.71% 115 1.32% 171 1.96% 8,722
Northumberland 2,422 49.46% 2,306 47.09% 97 1.98% 72 1.47% 4,897
Perry 2,371 57.00% 1,743 41.90% 8 0.19% 38 0.91% 4,160
Philadelphia 39,223 50.78% 21,619 27.99% 9,274 12.01% 7,131 9.23% 77,247
Pike 381 31.41% 831 68.51% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 1,213
Potter 1,545 74.78% 521 25.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,066
Schuylkill 7,568 57.78% 4,968 37.93% 422 3.22% 139 1.06% 13,097
Snyder 1,678 63.25% 910 34.30% 60 2.26% 5 0.19% 2,653
Somerset 3,218 73.07% 1,175 26.68% 1 0.02% 10 0.23% 4,404
Sullivan 429 46.28% 497 53.61% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 927
Susquehanna 4,470 63.62% 2,548 36.27% 2 0.03% 6 0.09% 7,026
Tioga 4,754 78.57% 1,277 21.10% 11 0.18% 9 0.15% 6,051
Union 1,824 68.31% 812 30.41% 28 1.05% 6 0.22% 2,670
Venango 2,680 57.96% 1,932 41.78% 6 0.13% 6 0.13% 4,624
Warren 2,284 67.67% 1,087 32.21% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% 3,375
Washington 4,724 53.69% 3,975 45.18% 8 0.09% 91 1.03% 8,798
Wayne 2,857 52.16% 2,618 47.80% 0 0.00% 2 0.04% 5,477
Westmoreland 4,887 50.33% 4,796 49.40% 13 0.13% 13 0.13% 9,709
Wyoming 1,286 50.81% 1,237 48.87% 8 0.32% 0 0.00% 2,531
York 5,128 43.60% 5,497 46.74% 562 4.78% 574 4.88% 11,761
Total 268,030 56.26% 178,871 37.54% 16,765 3.52% 12,776 2.68% 476,442

Analysis

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Pennsylvania voted for the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, over the fusion ticket. Lincoln won Pennsylvania by a margin of 18.72%. Lincoln's victory was the first of eighteen out of nineteen Republican victories in the state, as Pennsylvania would not vote Democratic again until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, and would not vote for a different candidate again until Theodore Roosevelt’s third-party bid in 1912.

Pennsylvania in the election was one of the four states that had a fusion ticket for the Democratic Party. The other three states were New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island.

The 1860 presidential election in Pennsylvania began a trend in which the state would vote the same as nearby Michigan in presidential elections, as the two states have voted for president in lockstep with each other on all but three occasions since Lincoln's victory – 1932, 1940, and 1976.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dubin, Michael J., United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State, McFarland & Company, 2002, p. 188
  2. ^ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  3. ^ "Presidential Results: Pennsylvania, 1860". votearchive.com. Retrieved July 23, 2024.