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United States presidential election in Texas, 1860






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Nominee

John C. Breckinridge

John Bell

Party

Southern Democratic

Constitutional Union
Home state

Kentucky

Tennessee
Running mate

Joseph Lane

Edward Everett
Electoral vote

4
0
Popular vote

47,548
15,438
Percentage

75.49%
24.51%





President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic



Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican










The 1860 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 6, 1860. Texas voters chose four electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president.


Texas voted for the Southern Democratic nominee John C. Breckinridge, who received 75% of the vote. Texas was Breckinridge's strongest state.


Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Texas; neither was "Northern Democrat" Stephen A. Douglas, although Douglas did gain 18 votes as a write-in candidate. Douglas supporters had agreed to transfer their allegiance to Constitutional Union candidate John Bell,[1] but Bell carried only three counties in the state and it is sometimes thought that the German-American abolitionists in such counties as Gillespie refrained from visiting the polls.[2]



Results[edit]





























United States presidential election in Texas, 1860[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes


Southern Democratic

John C. Breckinridge

47,548

75.49%

4


Constitutional Union

John Bell
15,438
24.51%
0


Northern Democratic

Stephen Douglas (write-in)
18
0.00%
0

Total

62,855

100.0%

4


References[edit]




  1. ^ Baggett, James Alex; The Scalawags: Southern Dissenters in the Civil War and Reconstruction, p. 38 .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 0807130141



  2. ^ Morgenthaler, Jefferson; The German Settlement of the Texas Hill Country, p. 153
    ISBN 1932801049



  3. ^ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.










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