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The1860 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors of theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maine was won byRepublican candidateAbraham Lincoln, who won by a margin of 32.82%.
With 62.24% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Lincoln's fourth strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage afterVermont,Minnesota andMassachusetts.[1]
| 1860 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln ofIllinois | Hannibal Hamlin ofMaine | 62,811 | 62.24% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas ofIllinois | Herschel Vespasian Johnson ofGeorgia | 29,693 | 29.42% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Southern Democratic | John Cabell Breckinridge ofKentucky | Joseph Lane ofOregon | 6,368 | 6.31% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Constitutional Union | John Bell ofTennessee | Edward Everett ofMassachusetts | 2,046 | 2.03% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 100,918 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Abraham Lincoln Republican | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | Total Votes Cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 3,526 | 64.35% | 1,838 | 33.55% | 65 | 1.19% | 50 | 0.91% | 5,479 |
| Aroostook | 1,142 | 66.01% | 414 | 23.93% | 167 | 9.65% | 7 | 0.40% | 1,730 |
| Cumberland | 7,934 | 59.04% | 4,815 | 35.83% | 345 | 2.57% | 345 | 2.57% | 13,439 |
| Franklin | 2,281 | 61.68% | 1,358 | 36.72% | 56 | 1.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 3,698 |
| Hancock | 3,322 | 60.35% | 932 | 16.93% | 1,062 | 19.29% | 189 | 3.43% | 5,505 |
| Kennebec | 6,599 | 70.90% | 2,353 | 25.28% | 156 | 1.68% | 200 | 2.15% | 9,308 |
| Knox | 2,520 | 54.83% | 1,825 | 39.71% | 183 | 3.98% | 68 | 1.48% | 4,596 |
| Lincoln | 2,510 | 61.82% | 1,073 | 26.43% | 210 | 5.17% | 267 | 6.58% | 4,060 |
| Oxford | 4,244 | 60.78% | 2,523 | 36.14% | 199 | 2.85% | 16 | 0.23% | 6,982 |
| Penobscot | 6,997 | 65.06% | 1,555 | 14.46% | 2,018 | 18.76% | 185 | 1.72% | 10,755 |
| Piscataquis | 1,656 | 67.73% | 401 | 16.40% | 374 | 15.30% | 14 | 0.57% | 2,445 |
| Sagadahoc | 2,257 | 68.29% | 630 | 19.06% | 142 | 4.30% | 276 | 8.35% | 3,305 |
| Somerset | 4,048 | 64.59% | 1,833 | 29.25% | 212 | 3.38% | 174 | 2.78% | 6,267 |
| Waldo | 3,800 | 64.90% | 1,434 | 24.49% | 537 | 9.17% | 84 | 1.43% | 5,855 |
| Washington | 3,515 | 56.17% | 2,320 | 37.07% | 348 | 5.56% | 75 | 1.20% | 6,258 |
| York | 6,460 | 57.49% | 4,389 | 39.06% | 294 | 2.62% | 93 | 0.83% | 11,236 |
| Total | 62,811 | 62.24% | 29,693 | 29.42% | 6,368 | 6.31% | 2,046 | 2.03% | 100,918 |
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