Abraham Lincoln would win Illinois by a narrow margin of 3.52%.
Liberty Party running under the name Union Party's[1] candidate
Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from
Ohio.[2]Pope County has voted Democratic twice since this election (in 1992 and 1996) and
Johnson County has done so once (in 1992). However, this is the last time either county gave a majority to the Democratic nominee.
Results
1860 United States presidential election in Illinois[3]