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1860 Presidential Election

See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.

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180 EV · Abraham Lincoln

Map dated

1860-11-06

Electoral College result

How the states voted

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Election-date state boundaries colored by exact stored electoral recipients. Split allocations use multiple colors.

This 1860 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 1860 polling or call timing.

Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronology

Reference poll-close stream

Electoral Token Board

Token width reflects stored electoral votes

  1. VA
  2. IN
  3. KY
  4. GA
  5. SC
  6. VT
  7. OH
  8. NC
  9. PA
  10. MA
  11. TN
  12. IL
  13. AL
  14. MO
  15. MD
  16. ME
  17. MS
  18. NJ
  19. NJ
  20. CT
  21. NH
  22. RI
  23. DE
  24. FL
  25. AR
  26. NY
  27. LA
  28. MI
  29. WI
  30. MN
  31. TX
  32. IA
  33. CA
  34. OR

1789—2024

Sixty elections, one continuous record

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Official result

Election summary

President
Abraham Lincoln [R]
Main opponent
Stephen A. Douglas [D]

State-by-state result

Electoral votes by state

A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.

StateCandidateElectoral votes
ALABAMA ALOthers19
ARKANSAS AROthers14
CALIFORNIA CAAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois4
CONNECTICUT CTAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois6
DELAWARE DEOthers13
FLORIDA FLOthers13
GEORGIA GAOthers110
ILLINOIS ILAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois11
INDIANA INAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois13
IOWA IAAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois4
KENTUCKY KYOthers112
LOUISIANA LAOthers16
MAINE MEAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois8
MARYLAND MDOthers18
MASSACHUSETTS MAAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois13
MICHIGAN MIAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois6
MINNESOTA MNAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois4
MISSISSIPPI MSOthers17
MISSOURI MOStephen A. Douglas, of Illinois9
NEW HAMPSHIRE NHAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois5
NEW JERSEY NJAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois4
NEW JERSEY NJStephen A. Douglas, of Illinois3
NEW YORK NYAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois35
NORTH CAROLINA NCOthers110
OHIO OHAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois23
OREGON ORAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois3
PENNSYLVANIA PAAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois27
RHODE ISLAND RIAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois4
SOUTH CAROLINA SCOthers18
TENNESSEE TNOthers112
TEXAS TXOthers14
VERMONT VTAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois5
VIRGINIA VAOthers115
WISCONSIN WIAbraham Lincoln, of Illinois5

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Candidate identities
Abraham Lincoln
Observed: Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois
Others1
Observed: Others1
Stephen A. Douglas
Observed: Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois
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Reference date
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Coverage and interpretation notes

  • Historical geometry is independently versioned

    The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.

  • County detail begins in 2000

    County-level popular-vote detail is available only for 2000 through 2024. This election has state-level Electoral College coverage.

Traceable facts

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