United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1860
United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1860
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The 1860 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by Southern Democratic candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge and his running with Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. The ticket defeated the Constitution Union ticket of Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Massachusetts Governor Edward Everett along with Northern Democrat Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate Georgia Governor Herschel V. Johnson.
Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 4.90%.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.
Results[edit]
United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1860[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky | Joseph Lane of Oregon | 22,681 | 44.90% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
Constitutional Union | John Bell of Tennessee | Edward Everett of Massachusetts | 20,204 | 40.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois | Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia | 7,625 | 15.10% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 50,510 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% |
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