United States presidential election in Ohio, 1860

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1860
November 6, 1860

 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 23 0
Popular vote 221,809 187,421
Percentage 51.24% 43.30%
President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

 Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

Ohio was won by Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln (R–Kentucky), running with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 51.24% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Vermont), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 43.30% of the popular vote.

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

Results

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1860[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine 221,809 51.24% 23 100.00%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia 187,421 43.30% 0 0.00%
Constitutional Union John Bell of Tennessee Edward Everett of Massachusetts 12,193 2.82% 0 0.00%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky Joseph Lane of Oregon 11,303 2.61% 0 0.00%
Liberty Gerrit Smith of New York Samuel McFarland of Pennsylvania 136 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 432,862 100.00% 23 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008.
  2. ↑ "RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.
  3. ↑ "1860 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio".
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