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Election in Oregon
1860 United States presidential election in Oregon
County Results
Lincoln
40-50%
50-60%
Breckinridge
40-50%
50-60%
Douglas
40-50%
The 1860 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the
1860 United States presidential election . Oregon voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the
Electoral College , who voted for
president and
vice president .
Oregon voted in its first ever presidential election, having become the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. The state was won by the
Republican nominee,
Illinois
Representative
Abraham Lincoln and his running mate
Senator
Hannibal Hamlin of
Maine . They defeated the
Southern Democratic nominee
14th
Vice President of the United States
John C. Breckinridge of
Kentucky and his running mate
Senator
Joseph Lane of Oregon as well as
Democratic nominee
Senator
Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate
41st Governor of Georgia
Herschel V. Johnson . Lincoln won the state by a narrow margin of 1.83%.
Oregon was the only state where the first and second-place finishers matched the first and second place national finishers in the electoral college (Lincoln first, then Breckenridge in second).
Results
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