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The1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
North Carolina was won by theSouthern Democratic candidate14thVice President of the United StatesJohn C. Breckinridge ofKentucky and his running mateSenatorJoseph Lane ofOregon. They defeated theConstitutional Union candidateSenatorJohn Bell ofTennessee and his running mate 15thGovernor of MassachusettsEdward Everett as well as theDemocratic candidateSenatorStephen A. Douglas ofIllinois and his running mate41st Governor of GeorgiaHerschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 3.85%.
Republican Party candidateAbraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | 48,846 | 50.51% | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | 45,129 | 46.66% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas | 2,737 | 2.83% | |
| Total votes | 96,712 | 100% | ||
| County | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | Total Votes Cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alamance | 536 | 43.47% | 661 | 53.61% | 36 | 2.92% | 1,233 |
| Alexander | 403 | 46.00% | 471 | 53.77% | 2 | 0.23% | 876 |
| Anson | 245 | 21.82% | 871 | 77.56% | 7 | 0.62% | 1,123 |
| Ashe | 229 | 24.18% | 717 | 75.71% | 1 | 0.11% | 947 |
| Beaufort | 549 | 32.82% | 1,082 | 64.67% | 42 | 2.51% | 1,673 |
| Bertie | 399 | 39.39% | 597 | 58.93% | 17 | 1.68% | 1,013 |
| Brunswick | 326 | 45.72% | 386 | 54.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 713 |
| Burke | 470 | 51.03% | 447 | 48.53% | 4 | 0.43% | 921 |
| Buncombe | 662 | 46.75% | 705 | 49.79% | 49 | 3.46% | 1,416 |
| Cabarrus | 445 | 34.96% | 810 | 63.63% | 18 | 1.41% | 1,273 |
| Caldwell | 229 | 33.33% | 449 | 65.36% | 9 | 1.31% | 687 |
| Camden | 83 | 13.97% | 503 | 84.68% | 8 | 1.35% | 594 |
| Carteret | 370 | 43.38% | 441 | 51.70% | 42 | 4.92% | 853 |
| Caswell | 994 | 79.90% | 237 | 19.05% | 13 | 1.05% | 1,244 |
| Catawba | 878 | 74.22% | 302 | 25.53% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,183 |
| Chatham | 604 | 34.17% | 970 | 54.86% | 194 | 10.97% | 1,768 |
| Cherokee | 459 | 39.88% | 677 | 58.82% | 15 | 1.30% | 1,151 |
| Chowan | 239 | 50.74% | 194 | 41.19% | 38 | 8.07% | 471 |
| Cleveland | 1,091 | 84.77% | 196 | 15.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,287 |
| Columbus | 723 | 68.79% | 322 | 30.64% | 6 | 0.57% | 1,051 |
| Craven | 492 | 37.64% | 693 | 53.02% | 122 | 9.33% | 1,307 |
| Cumberland | 879 | 55.49% | 670 | 42.30% | 35 | 2.21% | 1,584 |
| Currituck | 595 | 90.02% | 66 | 9.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 661 |
| Davidson | 728 | 37.74% | 1,186 | 61.48% | 15 | 0.78% | 1,929 |
| Davie | 329 | 32.87% | 641 | 64.04% | 31 | 3.10% | 1,001 |
| Duplin | 1,380 | 90.08% | 149 | 9.73% | 3 | 0.20% | 1,532 |
| Edgecombe[b] | 1,789 | 89.36% | 196 | 9.79% | 17 | 0.85% | 2,002 |
| Forsyth | 825 | 44.35% | 965 | 51.88% | 70 | 3.76% | 1,860 |
| Franklin | 759 | 69.57% | 318 | 29.15% | 14 | 1.28% | 1,091 |
| Gaston | 826 | 81.54% | 131 | 12.93% | 56 | 5.53% | 1,013 |
| Gates | 338 | 45.43% | 394 | 52.96% | 12 | 1.61% | 744 |
| Granville | 870 | 47.78% | 868 | 47.67% | 83 | 4.56% | 1,821 |
| Greene | 381 | 53.89% | 326 | 46.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 707 |
| Guilford | 304 | 13.45% | 1,838 | 81.33% | 118 | 5.22% | 2,260 |
| Halifax | 757 | 57.13% | 546 | 41.21% | 22 | 1.66% | 1,325 |
| Harnett | 542 | 71.50% | 138 | 18.21% | 78 | 10.29% | 758 |
| Haywood | 367 | 58.44% | 248 | 39.49% | 13 | 2.07% | 628 |
| Henderson | 425 | 45.95% | 496 | 53.62% | 4 | 0.43% | 925 |
| Hertford | 246 | 35.96% | 418 | 61.11% | 20 | 2.92% | 684 |
| Hyde | 395 | 46.09% | 459 | 53.56% | 3 | 0.35% | 857 |
| Iredell | 328 | 16.53% | 1,625 | 81.91% | 31 | 1.56% | 1,984 |
| Jackson | 403 | 73.94% | 142 | 26.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 545 |
| Johnston | 974 | 59.25% | 630 | 38.32% | 40 | 2.43% | 1,644 |
| Jones | 197 | 52.96% | 165 | 44.35% | 10 | 2.69% | 372 |
| Lenoir | 533 | 61.19% | 317 | 36.39% | 21 | 2.41% | 871 |
| Lincoln | 473 | 65.60% | 243 | 33.70% | 5 | 0.69% | 721 |
| Macon | 221 | 31.44% | 469 | 66.71% | 13 | 1.85% | 703 |
| Martin | 751 | 67.90% | 333 | 30.11% | 22 | 1.99% | 1,106 |
| McDowell | 276 | 44.09% | 349 | 55.75% | 1 | 0.16% | 626 |
| Mecklenburg | 1,101 | 53.39% | 826 | 40.06% | 135 | 6.55% | 2,062 |
| Montgomery | 102 | 12.29% | 725 | 87.35% | 3 | 0.36% | 830 |
| Moore | 299 | 28.05% | 588 | 55.16% | 179 | 16.79% | 1,066 |
| Nash | 1,323 | 95.11% | 64 | 4.60% | 4 | 0.29% | 1,391 |
| New Hanover | 1,617 | 70.73% | 664 | 29.05% | 5 | 0.22% | 2,286 |
| Northampton | 654 | 54.36% | 506 | 42.06% | 43 | 3.57% | 1,203 |
| Onslow | 781 | 81.52% | 153 | 15.97% | 24 | 2.51% | 958 |
| Orange | 787 | 43.36% | 956 | 52.67% | 72 | 3.97% | 1,815 |
| Pasquotank | 239 | 31.00% | 477 | 61.87% | 55 | 7.13% | 771 |
| Perquimans | 234 | 40.41% | 341 | 58.89% | 4 | 0.69% | 579 |
| Person | 420 | 46.05% | 483 | 52.96% | 9 | 0.99% | 912 |
| Pitt | 731 | 50.45% | 710 | 49.00% | 8 | 0.55% | 1,449 |
| Polk | 270 | 69.41% | 118 | 30.33% | 1 | 0.26% | 389 |
| Randolph | 321 | 20.20% | 1,224 | 77.03% | 44 | 2.77% | 1,589 |
| Richmond | 269 | 32.93% | 544 | 66.59% | 4 | 0.49% | 817 |
| Robeson | 720 | 47.94% | 648 | 43.14% | 134 | 8.92% | 1,502 |
| Rockingham | 1,017 | 61.12% | 485 | 29.15% | 162 | 9.74% | 1,664 |
| Rowan | 1,026 | 49.76% | 1,023 | 49.61% | 13 | 0.63% | 2,062 |
| Rutherford | 695 | 58.26% | 495 | 41.49% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,193 |
| Sampson | 979 | 64.66% | 529 | 34.94% | 6 | 0.40% | 1,514 |
| Stanly | 53 | 5.32% | 934 | 93.78% | 9 | 0.90% | 996 |
| Stokes | 745 | 63.30% | 432 | 36.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,177 |
| Surry | 811 | 60.48% | 502 | 37.43% | 28 | 2.09% | 1,341 |
| Tyrrell | 77 | 19.30% | 300 | 75.19% | 22 | 5.51% | 399 |
| Union | 858 | 69.08% | 379 | 30.52% | 5 | 0.40% | 1,242 |
| Wake | 1,216 | 46.38% | 1,130 | 43.10% | 276 | 10.53% | 2,622 |
| Warren | 899 | 86.19% | 138 | 13.23% | 6 | 0.58% | 1,043 |
| Watauga | 147 | 31.34% | 322 | 68.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 469 |
| Washington | 159 | 25.81% | 413 | 67.05% | 44 | 7.14% | 616 |
| Wayne | 1,359 | 84.46% | 239 | 14.85% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,609 |
| Wilkes | 363 | 21.53% | 1,323 | 78.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,686 |
| Yadkin | 495 | 36.40% | 842 | 61.91% | 23 | 1.69% | 1,360 |
| Yancey | 500 | 64.18% | 275 | 35.30% | 4 | 0.51% | 779 |
| Total | 48,539 | 50.44% | 44,990 | 46.75% | 2,701 | 2.81% | 96,230 |
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