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The1860 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose four representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Minnesota voted in its first ever United States presidential election, having been admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. The state was won byIllinoisRepresentativeAbraham Lincoln (Republican Party (United States)), running withSenatorHannibal Hamlin, with 63.44% of the popular vote, againstSenatorStephen A. Douglas (D–Illinois), running with41st Governor of GeorgiaHerschel V. Johnson, with 34.27% of the popular vote.
With 63.44% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory within the state would be his second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote in the 1860 election afterVermont.[1] Minnesota would not vote Democratic untilFranklin D. Roosevelt won it in1932, 72 years later.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln | 22,069 | 63.44% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas | 11,920 | 34.27% | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | 748 | 2.15% | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | 50 | 0.14% | |
| Total votes | 34,787 | 100% | ||
| County | Abraham Lincoln[3] Republican | Stephen Douglas[3] Democratic | John C. Breckinridge[3] Southern Democratic | John Bell[4] Constitutional Union | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Anoka | 277 | 63.53% | 150 | 34.40% | 9 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 29.13% | 436 |
| Blue Earth | 677 | 62.98% | 374 | 34.79% | 24 | 2.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 303 | 28.19% | 1,075 |
| Brown | 408 | 80.16% | 91 | 17.88% | 10 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 317 | 62.28% | 509 |
| Carver | 504 | 60.80% | 324 | 39.08% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 21.72% | 829 |
| Chisago | 379 | 81.16% | 64 | 13.70% | 24 | 5.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 315 | 67.46% | 467 |
| Dakota | 1,022 | 53.06% | 882 | 45.79% | 22 | 1.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 7.27% | 1,926 |
| Dodge | 580 | 69.21% | 205 | 24.46% | 53 | 6.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 375 | 44.75% | 838 |
| Faribault | 270 | 80.36% | 63 | 18.75% | 3 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 207 | 61.61% | 336 |
| Fillmore | 1,610 | 65.90% | 809 | 33.12% | 24 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 801 | 32.78% | 2,443 |
| Freeborn | 595 | 75.80% | 188 | 23.95% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 407 | 51.85% | 785 |
| Goodhue | 1,352 | 75.19% | 429 | 23.86% | 17 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 923 | 51.33% | 1,798 |
| Hennepin | 1,770 | 70.07% | 705 | 27.91% | 47 | 1.86% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,065 | 42.16% | 2,526 |
| Houston | 594 | 48.73% | 622 | 51.03% | 3 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -28 | -2.30% | 1,219 |
| Isanti | 41 | 85.42% | 7 | 14.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 70.84% | 48 |
| Kanabec | 15 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 100.00% | 15 |
| Kandiyohi | 13 | 81.25% | 3 | 18.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 62.50% | 16 |
| Le Sueur | 566 | 50.04% | 555 | 49.07% | 9 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.97% | 1,131 |
| McLeod | 240 | 74.77% | 81 | 25.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 159 | 49.54% | 321 |
| Martin | 40 | 86.96% | 6 | 13.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 73.92% | 46 |
| Meeker | 166 | 64.09% | 83 | 32.05% | 9 | 3.47% | 1 | 0.39% | 83 | 32.04% | 259 |
| Mille Lacs[a] | 18 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 100.00% | 18 |
| Monongalia | 42 | 71.19% | 17 | 28.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 35 | 42.38% | 59 |
| Morrison | 53 | 35.33% | 93 | 62.00% | 4 | 2.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -40 | -26.67% | 150 |
| Mower | 501 | 72.09% | 194 | 27.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 307 | 44.18% | 695 |
| Nicollet | 461 | 59.25% | 291 | 37.40% | 25 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.13% | 170 | 21.85% | 778 |
| Olmsted | 1,348 | 75.90% | 404 | 22.75% | 24 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 944 | 53.15% | 1,776 |
| Otter Tail | 5 | 45.45% | 6 | 54.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1 | -9.00% | 11 |
| Ramsey | 1,234 | 49.36% | 1,107 | 44.28% | 143 | 5.72% | 16 | 0.64% | 127 | 5.08% | 2,500 |
| Renville | 89 | 60.54% | 41 | 27.89% | 15 | 10.20% | 2 | 1.36% | 48 | 32.65% | 147 |
| Rice | 996 | 66.09% | 503 | 33.38% | 8 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 493 | 32.71% | 1,507 |
| Saint Louis | 40 | 58.22% | 22 | 32.35% | 6 | 8.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 25.87% | 68 |
| Scott | 529 | 43.76% | 642 | 53.10% | 38 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -113 | -9.34% | 1,209 |
| Sherburne | 120 | 66.67% | 58 | 32.22% | 2 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 34.45% | 180 |
| Sibley | 397 | 49.69% | 384 | 48.06% | 18 | 2.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 1.63% | 799 |
| Stearns | 438 | 47.00% | 482 | 51.72% | 12 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -44 | -4.72% | 932 |
| Steele | 523 | 76.02% | 157 | 22.82% | 8 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 366 | 53.20% | 688 |
| Toombs | 7 | 70.00% | 3 | 30.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 40.00% | 10 |
| Wabasha | 1,231 | 63.29% | 550 | 28.28% | 150 | 7.71% | 14 | 0.72% | 681 | 35.01% | 1,945 |
| Waseca | 304 | 68.01% | 143 | 31.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 | 36.02% | 447 |
| Washington | 752 | 62.41% | 422 | 35.02% | 19 | 1.58% | 12 | 1.00% | 330 | 27.39% | 1,205 |
| Winona | 1,209 | 68.02% | 571 | 30.08% | 36 | 1.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,816 | 37.94% | 1,816 |
| Wright | 572 | 74.87% | 188 | 24.61% | 4 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 50.26% | 764 |
| Totals | 22,069 | 63.44% | 11,920 | 34.27% | 748 | 2.15% | 50 | 0.14% | 10,149 | 29.17% | 34,787 |