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Election in Alabama
1860 United States presidential election in Alabama|
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County Results
Breckinridge
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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Bell
40-50%
50-60%
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Douglas
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
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The 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the
1860 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Alabama was won by the
Southern Democratic candidate
14th
Vice President of the United States
John C. Breckinridge of
Kentucky and his running mate
Senator
Joseph Lane of
Oregon. They defeated the
Constitutional Union candidate
Senator
John Bell of
Tennessee and his running mate
Governor of Massachusetts
Edward Everett as well as the
Democratic candidate 15th
Senator
Stephen A. Douglas of
Illinois) and his running mate
41st Governor of Georgia
Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge would win the state by a margin of 23.11%.
Republican Party candidate
Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. It would not participate in the 1864 election, which Lincoln won.
Results
See also
References