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Elections in California |
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The 1860 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, former Illinois representative Abraham Lincoln. He defeated the Democratic nominee, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the Southern Democratic nominee, Vice President John C. Breckinridge and the Constitutional Union nominee John Bell. Lincoln won the state by a narrow margin of 0.61%, or 734 votes.
After this election, Humboldt County would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until 1932. This was also the last time a Democratic candidate would carry Placer County and Plumas County until 1916, nor would any Democratic candidate carry Napa County, San Mateo County, and Solano County again until 1912.
Results
[edit]Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Charles A. Tuttle | 38,734 | |
Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Charles Washburn | 38,733 | |
Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | W. H. Weeks | 38,720 | |
Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Antonio M. Pico | 38,699 | |
Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Humphrey Griffith | 38,023 | |
Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | R. P. Hammond | 37,999 | |
Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | George F. Price | 37,959 | |
Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Pablo de la Guerra | 37,957 | |
Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Allen P. Dudley | 33,975 | |
Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Vincent E. Geiger | 33,970 | |
Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Zach Montgomery | 33,970 | |
Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Antonio T. Coronel | 33,969 | |
Constitutional Union | John Bell | Phineas L. Miner | 9,136 | |
Constitutional Union | John Bell | J. B. Crockett | 9,111 | |
Constitutional Union | John Bell | G. W. Bowie | 9,110 | |
Constitutional Union | John Bell | James H. Lander | 9,098 | |
Write-in | Scattering | 17 | ||
Votes cast[a] | 119,885 |
Results by County
[edit]County | Abraham Lincoln Republican |
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic |
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic |
John Bell Constitutional Union |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total Votes Cast[b] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 1,033 | 49.40% | 513 | 24.53% | 481 | 23.00% | 62 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.10% | 520 | 24.87% | 2,091 |
Amador | 995 | 24.97% | 1,866 | 46.84% | 945 | 23.72% | 178 | 4.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -871 | -21.86% | 3,984 |
Butte | 1,437 | 32.38% | 1,502 | 33.84% | 1,173 | 26.43% | 326 | 7.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -1.46% | 4,438 |
Calaveras | 978 | 20.30% | 1,883 | 39.08% | 1,717 | 35.64% | 240 | 4.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -166[c] | -3.45% | 4,818 |
Colusa | 258 | 27.10% | 235 | 24.68% | 386 | 40.55% | 73 | 7.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -128 | -13.45% | 952 |
Contra Costa | 608 | 39.33% | 413 | 26.71% | 391 | 25.29% | 134 | 8.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 12.61% | 1,546 |
Del Norte | 175 | 33.72% | 88 | 16.96% | 217 | 41.81% | 39 | 7.51% | 0 | 0.00% | -42 | -8.09% | 519 |
El Dorado | 2,119 | 30.06% | 2,695 | 38.23% | 1,901 | 26.96% | 334 | 4.74% | 1 | 0.01% | -576 | -8.17% | 7,050 |
Fresno | 53 | 11.30% | 22 | 4.69% | 271 | 57.78% | 123 | 26.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -148[d] | -31.56% | 469 |
Humboldt | 335 | 32.49% | 444 | 43.06% | 232 | 22.50% | 20 | 1.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -109 | -10.57% | 1,031 |
Klamath | 92 | 13.77% | 377 | 56.44% | 163 | 24.40% | 36 | 5.39% | 0 | 0.00% | -214[e] | -32.04% | 668 |
Los Angeles | 352 | 20.51% | 475 | 27.68% | 688 | 40.09% | 201 | 11.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -213[f] | -12.41% | 1,716 |
Marin | 408 | 40.28% | 282 | 27.84% | 285 | 28.13% | 38 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 123[g] | 12.14% | 1,013 |
Mariposa | 262 | 13.90% | 489 | 25.94% | 815 | 43.24% | 319 | 16.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -326[h] | -17.29% | 1,885 |
Mendocino | 198 | 18.70% | 235 | 22.19% | 499 | 47.12% | 116 | 10.95% | 11 | 1.04% | -264[i] | -24.93% | 1,059 |
Merced | 42 | 10.74% | 52 | 13.30% | 233 | 59.59% | 64 | 16.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -169[j] | -43.22% | 391 |
Monterey | 306 | 38.64% | 233 | 29.42% | 246 | 31.06% | 4 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.38% | 60[k] | 7.58% | 792 |
Napa | 441 | 24.79% | 518 | 29.12% | 679 | 38.17% | 141 | 7.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -161[l] | -9.05% | 1,779 |
Nevada | 2,539 | 36.45% | 2,373 | 34.07% | 1,653 | 23.73% | 400 | 5.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 | 2.38% | 6,965 |
Placer | 1,743 | 29.93% | 1,858 | 31.90% | 1,448 | 24.86% | 775 | 13.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -115 | -1.97% | 5,824 |
Plumas | 458 | 28.18% | 503 | 30.95% | 453 | 27.88% | 211 | 12.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -2.77% | 1,625 |
Sacramento | 2,670 | 35.40% | 2,836 | 37.60% | 1,684 | 22.33% | 352 | 4.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -166 | -2.20% | 7,542 |
San Bernardino | 305 | 37.24% | 224 | 27.35% | 192 | 23.44% | 98 | 11.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 81 | 9.89% | 819 |
San Diego | 81 | 30.45% | 29 | 10.90% | 148 | 55.64% | 8 | 3.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -67 | -25.19% | 266 |
San Francisco | 6,825 | 47.53% | 4,035 | 28.10% | 2,560 | 17.83% | 940 | 6.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,790 | 19.43% | 14,360 |
San Joaquin | 1,131 | 32.92% | 733 | 21.33% | 1,373 | 39.96% | 199 | 5.79% | 0 | 0.00% | -242 | -7.04% | 3,436 |
San Luis Obispo | 148 | 34.99% | 120 | 28.37% | 155 | 36.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -1.65% | 423 |
San Mateo | 389 | 35.27% | 543 | 49.23% | 130 | 11.79% | 41 | 3.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -154 | -13.96% | 1,103 |
Santa Barbara | 46 | 9.70% | 305 | 64.35% | 123 | 25.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -182[m] | -38.40% | 474 |
Santa Clara | 1,463 | 46.05% | 881 | 27.73% | 722 | 22.73% | 111 | 3.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 582 | 18.32% | 3,177 |
Santa Cruz | 670 | 47.72% | 286 | 20.37% | 319 | 22.72% | 129 | 9.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 351[n] | 25.00% | 1,404 |
Shasta | 464 | 19.37% | 1,094 | 45.68% | 585 | 24.43% | 252 | 10.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -509[o] | -21.25% | 2,395 |
Sierra | 1,468 | 30.95% | 1,539 | 32.45% | 1,347 | 28.40% | 389 | 8.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -1.50% | 4,743 |
Siskiyou | 955 | 25.58% | 1,503 | 40.25% | 760 | 20.35% | 516 | 13.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -548 | -14.68% | 3,734 |
Solano | 681 | 29.33% | 603 | 25.97% | 746 | 32.13% | 292 | 12.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -2.80% | 2,322 |
Sonoma | 1,236 | 32.85% | 611 | 16.24% | 1,467 | 38.98% | 449 | 11.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -231 | -6.14% | 3,763 |
Stanislaus | 167 | 18.58% | 232 | 25.81% | 433 | 48.16% | 67 | 7.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -201[p] | -22.36% | 899 |
Sutter | 403 | 30.44% | 441 | 33.31% | 440 | 33.23% | 40 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -1[q] | -0.08% | 1,324 |
Tehama | 243 | 18.65% | 496 | 38.07% | 311 | 23.87% | 253 | 19.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -185[r] | -14.20% | 1,303 |
Trinity | 593 | 27.62% | 885 | 41.22% | 516 | 24.03% | 153 | 7.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -292 | -13.60% | 2,147 |
Tulare | 131 | 9.89% | 211 | 15.94% | 574 | 43.35% | 408 | 30.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -166[s] | -12.54% | 1,324 |
Tuolumne | 1,633 | 29.47% | 1,503 | 27.12% | 2,034 | 36.70% | 372 | 6.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -401 | -7.24% | 5,542 |
Yolo | 535 | 31.25% | 497 | 29.03% | 606 | 35.40% | 74 | 4.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -4.15% | 1,712 |
Yuba | 1,665 | 32.92% | 1,360 | 26.89% | 1,874 | 37.05% | 159 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -209 | -4.13% | 5,058 |
Total | 38,734 | 32.31% | 38,023 | 31.72% | 33,975 | 28.34% | 9,136 | 7.62% | 17 | 0.01% | 711 | 0.59% | 119,885 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Bell
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Douglas
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Douglas
- ^ Margin over Douglas
- ^ Margin over Bell
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Douglas
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Douglas
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Breckinridge
- ^ Margin over Bell
References
[edit]- ^ Statement of votes polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on the Sixth day of November, A.D. 1860