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United States presidential election in Illinois, 1860






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Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler.jpg

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Nominee

Abraham Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas

Party

Republican

Democratic
Home state

Illinois

Illinois
Running mate

Hannibal Hamlin

Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote

11
0
Popular vote

172,171
160,215
Percentage

50.69%
47.17%





President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic



Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican






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


Illinois was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 50.69% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 47.17% of the popular vote.


Liberty Party (under the name Union Party[1]) candidate Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio[2].



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United States presidential election in Illinois, 1860[3]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%


Republican

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois

Hannibal Hamlin of Maine

172,171

50.69%

11

100.00%


Democratic

Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois

Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia
160,215
47.17%
0
0.00%


Constitutional Union

John Bell of Tennessee

Edward Everett of Massachusetts
4,914
1.45%
0
0.00%


Southern Democratic

John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky

Joseph Lane of Oregon
2,331
0.69%
0
0.00%


Liberty

Gerrit Smith of New York

Samuel McFarland of Pennsylvania
35
0.01%
0
0.00%

Total

339,666

100.00%

11

100.00%


References[edit]



  1. ^ "US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008..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


  2. ^ "RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.


  3. ^ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois".










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