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1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 6, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 22,069 11,920
Percentage 63.44% 34.27%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

Minnesota voted in its first ever United States presidential election, having been admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. The state was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (Republican Party (United States)), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 63.44% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (DIllinois), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 34.27% of the popular vote.

With 63.44% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory within the state would be his second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote in the 1860 election after Vermont.[1] Minnesota would not vote Democratic until Franklin D. Roosevelt won it in 1932, 72 years later.

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abraham Lincoln 22,069 63.44%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 11,920 34.27%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 748 2.15%
Constitutional Union John Bell 50 0.14%
Total votes 34,787 100%

Results by county

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County Abraham Lincoln[3]
Republican
Stephen Douglas[3]
Democratic
John C. Breckinridge[3]
Southern Democratic
John Bell[4]
Constitutional Union
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Anoka 277 63.53% 150 34.40% 9 2.06% 0 0.00% 127 29.13% 436
Blue Earth 677 62.98% 374 34.79% 24 2.23% 0 0.00% 303 28.19% 1,075
Brown 408 80.16% 91 17.88% 10 1.96% 0 0.00% 317 62.28% 509
Carver 504 60.80% 324 39.08% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 180 21.72% 829
Chisago 379 81.16% 64 13.70% 24 5.14% 0 0.00% 315 67.46% 467
Dakota 1,022 53.06% 882 45.79% 22 1.14% 0 0.00% 140 7.27% 1,926
Dodge 580 69.21% 205 24.46% 53 6.32% 0 0.00% 375 44.75% 838
Faribault 270 80.36% 63 18.75% 3 0.89% 0 0.00% 207 61.61% 336
Fillmore 1,610 65.90% 809 33.12% 24 0.98% 0 0.00% 801 32.78% 2,443
Freeborn 595 75.80% 188 23.95% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 407 51.85% 785
Goodhue 1,352 75.19% 429 23.86% 17 0.95% 0 0.00% 923 51.33% 1,798
Hennepin 1,770 70.07% 705 27.91% 47 1.86% 4 0.16% 1,065 42.16% 2,526
Houston 594 48.73% 622 51.03% 3 0.25% 0 0.00% -28 -2.30% 1,219
Isanti 41 85.42% 7 14.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 34 70.84% 48
Kanabec 15 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 15 100.00% 15
Kandiyohi 13 81.25% 3 18.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 10 62.50% 16
Le Sueur 566 50.04% 555 49.07% 9 0.80% 1 0.09% 11 0.97% 1,131
McLeod 240 74.77% 81 25.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 159 49.54% 321
Martin 40 86.96% 6 13.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 34 73.92% 46
Meeker 166 64.09% 83 32.05% 9 3.47% 1 0.39% 83 32.04% 259
Mille Lacs[a] 18 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 18 100.00% 18
Monongalia 42 71.19% 17 28.81% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 35 42.38% 59
Morrison 53 35.33% 93 62.00% 4 2.67% 0 0.00% -40 -26.67% 150
Mower 501 72.09% 194 27.91% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 307 44.18% 695
Nicollet 461 59.25% 291 37.40% 25 3.21% 1 0.13% 170 21.85% 778
Olmsted 1,348 75.90% 404 22.75% 24 1.35% 0 0.00% 944 53.15% 1,776
Otter Tail 5 45.45% 6 54.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1 -9.00% 11
Ramsey 1,234 49.36% 1,107 44.28% 143 5.72% 16 0.64% 127 5.08% 2,500
Renville 89 60.54% 41 27.89% 15 10.20% 2 1.36% 48 32.65% 147
Rice 996 66.09% 503 33.38% 8 0.53% 0 0.00% 493 32.71% 1,507
Saint Louis 40 58.22% 22 32.35% 6 8.82% 0 0.00% 18 25.87% 68
Scott 529 43.76% 642 53.10% 38 3.14% 0 0.00% -113 -9.34% 1,209
Sherburne 120 66.67% 58 32.22% 2 1.11% 0 0.00% 62 34.45% 180
Sibley 397 49.69% 384 48.06% 18 2.25% 0 0.00% 13 1.63% 799
Stearns 438 47.00% 482 51.72% 12 1.29% 0 0.00% -44 -4.72% 932
Steele 523 76.02% 157 22.82% 8 1.16% 0 0.00% 366 53.20% 688
Toombs 7 70.00% 3 30.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 40.00% 10
Wabasha 1,231 63.29% 550 28.28% 150 7.71% 14 0.72% 681 35.01% 1,945
Waseca 304 68.01% 143 31.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 164 36.02% 447
Washington 752 62.41% 422 35.02% 19 1.58% 12 1.00% 330 27.39% 1,205
Winona 1,209 68.02% 571 30.08% 36 1.90% 0 0.00% 1,816 37.94% 1,816
Wright 572 74.87% 188 24.61% 4 0.52% 0 0.00% 384 50.26% 764
Totals 22,069 63.44% 11,920 34.27% 748 2.15% 50 0.14% 10,149 29.17% 34,787

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ There is a conflict between the Minnesota Legislative Manual and ourcampaigns.com data: the latter shows Douglas receiving one vote.

References

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  1. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Minnesota".
  3. ^ a b c Minnesota Legislative Manual 1871
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MN US President Race - Nov 06, 1860".