1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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The 1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
Kentucky was won by the Constitutional Union nominee Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated the Southern Democratic nominee Vice President of the United States and Kentucky native John C. Breckinridge and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon as well as Democratic nominee 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 17.54% of the popular vote.[1] Bell won the state by a margin of 8.83%.
Despite Republican candidate and former Illinois representative Abraham Lincoln having been born and raised for the first five years of his life in Kentucky, he came in a distant fourth, failing to win 1% of the vote. Even worse, Lincoln failed to win LaRue County, the location of his birth. As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Clay County and Owsley County voted for a Democratic candidate.
Lincoln's support came from German-Americans and the mountainous counties.[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | 66,058 | 45.18% | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | 53,143 | 36.35% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas | 25,651 | 17.54% | |
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln | 1,364 | 0.93% | |
| Total votes | 146,216 | 100% | ||
Results By County
[edit]| County | John Bell
Constitutional Union |
John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic |
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic |
Abraham Lincoln
Republican |
Total Votes Cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 403 | 36.40% | 348 | 31.44% | 355 | 32.07% | 1 | 0.09% | 1,107 |
| Allen | 507 | 44.47% | 229 | 20.09% | 404 | 35.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,140 |
| Anderson | 296 | 26.96% | 670 | 61.02% | 132 | 12.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,098 |
| Ballard | 481 | 39.92% | 452 | 37.51% | 271 | 22.49% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,205 |
| Barren | 1,086 | 57.74% | 289 | 15.36% | 492 | 26.16% | 14 | 0.74% | 1,881 |
| Bath | 694 | 40.47% | 878 | 51.20% | 143 | 8.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,715 |
| Boone | 881 | 47.65% | 739 | 39.97% | 228 | 12.33% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,849 |
| Bourbon | 966 | 55.11% | 755 | 43.07% | 29 | 1.65% | 3 | 0.17% | 1,753 |
| Boyd | 488 | 60.10% | 191 | 23.52% | 115 | 14.16% | 18 | 2.22% | 812 |
| Boyle | 697 | 64.36% | 331 | 30.56% | 52 | 4.80% | 3 | 0.28% | 1,083 |
| Bracken | 881 | 49.63% | 644 | 36.28% | 246 | 13.86% | 4 | 0.23% | 1,775 |
| Breathitt | 113 | 19.72% | 459 | 80.10% | 1 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 573 |
| Breckinridge | 956 | 58.94% | 281 | 17.32% | 382 | 23.55% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,622 |
| Bullitt | 451 | 45.42% | 96 | 9.67% | 444 | 44.71% | 2 | 0.20% | 993 |
| Butler | 500 | 52.91% | 119 | 12.59% | 321 | 33.97% | 5 | 0.53% | 945 |
| Caldwell | 446 | 40.00% | 618 | 55.43% | 48 | 4.30% | 3 | 0.27% | 1,115 |
| Calloway | 274 | 21.14% | 904 | 69.75% | 118 | 9.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,296 |
| Campbell | 854 | 32.25% | 520 | 19.64% | 960 | 36.25% | 314 | 11.86% | 2,648 |
| Carroll | 436 | 40.45% | 572 | 53.06% | 70 | 6.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,078 |
| Carter | 301 | 28.29% | 616 | 57.89% | 146 | 13.72% | 1 | 0.09% | 1,064 |
| Casey | 541 | 58.36% | 176 | 18.99% | 202 | 21.79% | 8 | 0.86% | 927 |
| Christian | 954 | 52.05% | 411 | 22.42% | 467 | 25.48% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,833 |
| Clark | 959 | 67.97% | 391 | 27.71% | 60 | 4.25% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,411 |
| Clay | 341 | 42.31% | 353 | 43.80% | 108 | 13.40% | 4 | 0.50% | 806 |
| Clinton | 261 | 36.71% | 192 | 27.00% | 255 | 35.86% | 3 | 0.42% | 711 |
| Crittenden | 553 | 44.20% | 630 | 50.36% | 67 | 5.36% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,251 |
| Cumberland | 584 | 67.51% | 82 | 9.48% | 192 | 22.20% | 7 | 0.81% | 865 |
| Daviess | 1,074 | 47.42% | 654 | 28.87% | 530 | 23.40% | 7 | 0.31% | 2,265 |
| Edmonson | 185 | 35.85% | 179 | 34.69% | 137 | 26.55% | 15 | 2.91% | 516 |
| Estill | 433 | 42.45% | 512 | 50.20% | 19 | 1.86% | 56 | 5.49% | 1,020 |
| Fayette | 1,411 | 54.99% | 1,051 | 40.96% | 99 | 3.86% | 5 | 0.19% | 2,566 |
| Fleming | 907 | 49.40% | 827 | 45.04% | 100 | 5.45% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,836 |
| Floyd | 64 | 9.51% | 609 | 90.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 673 |
| Franklin | 790 | 45.56% | 907 | 52.31% | 37 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,734 |
| Fulton | 300 | 42.02% | 307 | 43.00% | 107 | 14.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 714 |
| Gallatin | 383 | 45.76% | 420 | 50.18% | 34 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 837 |
| Garrard | 730 | 66.91% | 195 | 17.87% | 145 | 13.29% | 21 | 1.92% | 1,091 |
| Grant | 677 | 45.19% | 709 | 47.33% | 112 | 7.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,498 |
| Graves | 660 | 32.59% | 1,225 | 60.49% | 140 | 6.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,025 |
| Grayson | 497 | 44.73% | 387 | 34.83% | 219 | 19.71% | 8 | 0.72% | 1,111 |
| Green | 420 | 42.99% | 367 | 37.56% | 188 | 19.24% | 2 | 0.20% | 977 |
| Greenup | 795 | 64.22% | 350 | 28.27% | 89 | 7.19% | 4 | 0.32% | 1,238 |
| Hancock | 397 | 44.51% | 427 | 47.87% | 65 | 7.29% | 3 | 0.34% | 892 |
| Hardin | 1,029 | 49.21% | 144 | 6.89% | 912 | 43.62% | 6 | 0.29% | 2,091 |
| Harlan | 329 | 54.92% | 264 | 44.07% | 4 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.33% | 599 |
| Harrison | 960 | 41.20% | 1,272 | 54.59% | 98 | 4.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,330 |
| Hart | 535 | 37.15% | 153 | 10.63% | 751 | 52.15% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,440 |
| Henderson | 846 | 54.23% | 498 | 31.92% | 211 | 13.53% | 5 | 0.32% | 1,560 |
| Henry | 672 | 36.58% | 773 | 42.08% | 390 | 21.23% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,837 |
| Hickman | 284 | 29.31% | 618 | 63.78% | 66 | 6.81% | 1 | 0.10% | 969 |
| Hopkins | 731 | 46.56% | 666 | 42.42% | 171 | 10.89% | 2 | 0.13% | 1,570 |
| Jackson | 140 | 35.90% | 136 | 34.87% | 13 | 3.33% | 101 | 25.90% | 390 |
| Jefferson | 4,896 | 51.19% | 1,122 | 11.73% | 3,441 | 35.97% | 106 | 1.11% | 9,565 |
| Jessamine | 603 | 50.17% | 559 | 46.51% | 37 | 3.08% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,202 |
| Johnson | 22 | 3.30% | 618 | 92.79% | 26 | 3.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 666 |
| Kenton | 1,327 | 37.32% | 650 | 18.28% | 1,312 | 36.90% | 267 | 7.51% | 3,556 |
| Knox | 579 | 66.02% | 211 | 24.06% | 76 | 8.67% | 11 | 1.25% | 877 |
| LaRue | 401 | 45.26% | 32 | 3.61% | 450 | 50.79% | 3 | 0.34% | 886 |
| Laurel | 385 | 49.81% | 370 | 47.87% | 8 | 1.03% | 10 | 1.29% | 773 |
| Lawrence | 433 | 45.20% | 515 | 53.76% | 10 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 |
| Letcher | 91 | 24.40% | 281 | 75.34% | 1 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 |
| Lewis | 506 | 45.54% | 501 | 45.09% | 73 | 6.57% | 31 | 2.79% | 1,111 |
| Lincoln | 743 | 61.97% | 380 | 31.69% | 72 | 6.01% | 4 | 0.33% | 1,199 |
| Livingston | 460 | 50.77% | 350 | 38.63% | 96 | 10.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 906 |
| Logan | 1,490 | 74.35% | 169 | 8.43% | 342 | 17.07% | 3 | 0.15% | 2,004 |
| Lyon | 304 | 40.75% | 431 | 57.77% | 11 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 746 |
| Madison | 1,038 | 49.59% | 914 | 43.67% | 56 | 2.68% | 85 | 4.06% | 2,093 |
| Magoffin | 173 | 35.45% | 311 | 63.73% | 4 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 488 |
| Marion | 475 | 28.61% | 281 | 16.93% | 904 | 54.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,660 |
| Marshall | 176 | 16.30% | 797 | 73.80% | 107 | 9.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,080 |
| Mason | 1,305 | 54.90% | 799 | 33.61% | 247 | 10.39% | 26 | 1.09% | 2,377 |
| McCracken | 710 | 57.17% | 244 | 19.65% | 280 | 22.54% | 8 | 0.64% | 1,242 |
| McLean | 242 | 45.15% | 132 | 24.63% | 162 | 30.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 536 |
| Meade | 664 | 59.18% | 152 | 13.55% | 305 | 27.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 1,122 |
| Mercer | 608 | 33.30% | 992 | 54.33% | 224 | 12.27% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,826 |
| Metcalfe | 527 | 65.79% | 34 | 4.24% | 237 | 29.59% | 3 | 0.37% | 801 |
| Monroe | 494 | 51.30% | 324 | 33.64% | 142 | 14.75% | 3 | 0.31% | 963 |
| Montgomery | 540 | 50.09% | 489 | 45.36% | 49 | 4.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,078 |
| Morgan | 189 | 19.59% | 776 | 80.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 965 |
| Muhlenberg | 741 | 54.77% | 51 | 3.77% | 557 | 41.17% | 4 | 0.30% | 1,353 |
| Nelson | 609 | 38.47% | 333 | 21.04% | 641 | 40.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,583 |
| Nicholas | 690 | 40.47% | 988 | 57.95% | 26 | 1.52% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,705 |
| Ohio | 677 | 46.31% | 201 | 13.75% | 582 | 39.81% | 2 | 0.14% | 1,462 |
| Oldham | 372 | 39.74% | 299 | 31.94% | 263 | 28.10% | 2 | 0.21% | 936 |
| Owen | 539 | 23.01% | 1,760 | 75.15% | 43 | 1.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,342 |
| Owsley | 330 | 46.74% | 370 | 52.41% | 5 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.14% | 706 |
| Pendleton | 758 | 42.16% | 807 | 44.88% | 231 | 12.85% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,798 |
| Perry | 128 | 30.12% | 293 | 68.94% | 3 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.47% | 425 |
| Pike | 73 | 9.11% | 726 | 90.64% | 1 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.12% | 801 |
| Powell | 161 | 46.13% | 184 | 52.72% | 4 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 349 |
| Pulaski | 877 | 42.04% | 1,098 | 52.64% | 56 | 2.68% | 55 | 2.64% | 2,086 |
| Rockcastle | 374 | 53.13% | 257 | 36.51% | 9 | 1.28% | 64 | 9.09% | 704 |
| Rowan | 121 | 36.34% | 189 | 56.76% | 23 | 6.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 |
| Russell | 427 | 55.10% | 299 | 38.58% | 48 | 6.19% | 1 | 0.13% | 775 |
| Scott | 734 | 37.56% | 1,176 | 60.18% | 44 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,954 |
| Shelby | 1,176 | 58.86% | 594 | 29.73% | 228 | 11.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,998 |
| Simpson | 404 | 44.06% | 319 | 34.79% | 194 | 21.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 917 |
| Spencer | 334 | 45.63% | 94 | 12.84% | 304 | 41.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 732 |
| Taylor | 312 | 33.88% | 151 | 16.40% | 457 | 49.62% | 1 | 0.11% | 921 |
| Todd | 642 | 60.17% | 274 | 25.68% | 147 | 13.78% | 4 | 0.37% | 1,067 |
| Trigg | 623 | 43.05% | 646 | 44.64% | 177 | 12.23% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,447 |
| Trimble | 258 | 27.92% | 581 | 62.88% | 84 | 9.09% | 1 | 0.11% | 924 |
| Union | 651 | 41.36% | 464 | 29.48% | 459 | 29.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,574 |
| Warren | 1,126 | 58.46% | 182 | 9.45% | 615 | 31.93% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,926 |
| Washington | 318 | 26.09% | 290 | 23.79% | 610 | 50.04% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,219 |
| Wayne | 603 | 46.03% | 695 | 53.05% | 7 | 0.53% | 5 | 0.38% | 1,310 |
| Webster | 205 | 21.44% | 575 | 60.15% | 176 | 18.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 956 |
| Whitley | 519 | 60.49% | 318 | 37.06% | 14 | 1.63% | 7 | 0.82% | 858 |
| Wolfe | 109 | 23.64% | 352 | 76.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 461 |
| Woodford | 633 | 52.93% | 547 | 45.74% | 16 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,196 |
| Total | 66,058 | 45.18% | 53,143 | 36.35% | 25,641 | 17.54% | 1,364 | 0.93% | 146,206 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "1860 Presidential Election Results Kentucky".
- ^ Abbott 1986, p. 17.
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
- ^ Dubin, Michael J. (August 9, 2011). United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.
Works cited
[edit]- Abbott, Richard (1986). The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807816809.
