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County Results
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The1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by theRepublican nomineeIllinoisRepresentativeAbraham Lincoln and his running mateSenatorHannibal Hamlin ofMaine. They defeated theDemocratic nominee,SenatorStephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate41st Governor of GeorgiaHerschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 7.94%.
Liberty Party (under the name Union Party[1]) candidateGerrit Smith received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came fromIllinois.[2]
The 1860 presidential election in Ohio began a streak in which no Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state.
| 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio[3] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln ofIllinois | Hannibal Hamlin ofMaine | 221,809 | 51.24% | 23 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas ofIllinois | Herschel Vespasian Johnson ofGeorgia | 187,421 | 43.30% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Constitutional Union | John Bell ofTennessee | Edward Everett ofMassachusetts | 12,193 | 2.82% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge ofKentucky | Joseph Lane ofOregon | 11,303 | 2.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Radical Abolitionist | Gerrit Smith ofNew York | Samuel McFarland ofPennsylvania | 136 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 432,862 | 100.00% | 23 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Abraham Lincoln[4] Republican | Stephen A. Douglas[4] Democratic | Various candidates[4] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,667 | 43.33% | 2,010 | 52.25% | 170 | 4.42% | -343 | -8.92% | 3,847 |
| Allen | 1,796 | 48.18% | 1,882 | 50.48% | 50 | 1.34% | -86 | -2.30% | 3,728 |
| Ashland | 2,166 | 49.05% | 1,720 | 38.95% | 530 | 12.00% | 446 | 10.10% | 4,416 |
| Ashtabula | 5,566 | 81.15% | 860 | 12.54% | 433 | 6.31% | 4,706 | 68.61% | 6,859 |
| Athens | 2,526 | 61.65% | 1,491 | 36.39% | 80 | 1.96% | 1,035 | 25.26% | 4,097 |
| Auglaize | 1,088 | 36.09% | 1,836 | 60.90% | 91 | 3.01% | -748 | -24.81% | 3,015 |
| Belmont | 2,675 | 41.00% | 1,450 | 22.22% | 2,400 | 36.78% | 1,225 | 18.78% | 6,525 |
| Brown | 2,105 | 38.69% | 3,006 | 55.26% | 329 | 6.05% | -901 | -16.57% | 5,440 |
| Butler | 2,867 | 39.19% | 4,109 | 56.16% | 340 | 4.65% | -1,242 | -16.97% | 7,316 |
| Carroll | 1,767 | 59.28% | 1,043 | 34.99% | 171 | 5.73% | 724 | 24.29% | 2,981 |
| Champaign | 2,325 | 52.12% | 1,810 | 40.57% | 326 | 7.31% | 515 | 11.55% | 4,461 |
| Clark | 3,017 | 60.15% | 1,730 | 34.49% | 269 | 5.36% | 1,287 | 25.66% | 5,016 |
| Clermont | 2,965 | 46.06% | 3,206 | 49.81% | 266 | 4.13% | -241 | -3.75% | 6,437 |
| Clinton | 2,483 | 61.58% | 1,464 | 36.31% | 85 | 2.11% | 1,019 | 25.27% | 4,032 |
| Columbiana | 3,864 | 60.37% | 2,130 | 33.28% | 407 | 6.35% | 1,734 | 27.09% | 6,401 |
| Coshocton | 2,299 | 47.83% | 2,288 | 47.60% | 220 | 4.57% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,807 |
| Crawford | 2,064 | 41.69% | 2,752 | 55.58% | 135 | 2.73% | -688 | -13.89% | 4,951 |
| Cuyahoga | 8,686 | 62.45% | 4,814 | 34.61% | 408 | 2.94% | 3,872 | 27.84% | 13,908 |
| Darke | 2,460 | 49.23% | 2,479 | 49.61% | 58 | 1.16% | -19 | -0.38% | 4,997 |
| Defiance | 1,038 | 43.87% | 1,304 | 55.11% | 24 | 1.02% | -266 | -11.24% | 2,366 |
| Delaware | 2,699 | 56.94% | 1,967 | 41.50% | 74 | 1.56% | 732 | 15.44% | 4,740 |
| Erie | 2,886 | 63.57% | 1,538 | 33.88% | 116 | 2.55% | 1,348 | 29.69% | 4,540 |
| Fairfield | 2,178 | 37.66% | 3,249 | 56.18% | 356 | 6.16% | -1,071 | -18.52% | 5,783 |
| Fayette | 1,458 | 50.59% | 1,121 | 38.90% | 303 | 10.51% | 337 | 11.69% | 2,882 |
| Franklin | 4,295 | 45.99% | 4,846 | 51.90% | 197 | 2.11% | -551 | -5.89% | 9,338 |
| Fulton | 1,629 | 61.63% | 984 | 37.23% | 30 | 1.14% | 645 | 24.40% | 2,643 |
| Gallia | 1,881 | 52.54% | 1,472 | 41.12% | 227 | 6.34% | 409 | 11.42% | 3,580 |
| Geauga | 2,877 | 79.70% | 677 | 18.75% | 56 | 1.55% | 2,200 | 60.95% | 3,610 |
| Greene | 3,260 | 63.06% | 1,751 | 33.87% | 159 | 3.07% | 1,509 | 29.19% | 5,170 |
| Guernsey | 2,510 | 55.18% | 1,933 | 42.49% | 106 | 2.33% | 577 | 12.69% | 4,549 |
| Hamilton | 16,182 | 45.37% | 15,431 | 43.27% | 4,051 | 11.36% | 751 | 2.10% | 35,664 |
| Hancock | 2,135 | 47.70% | 2,301 | 51.41% | 40 | 0.89% | -166 | -3.71% | 4,476 |
| Hardin | 1,432 | 52.72% | 1,198 | 44.11% | 86 | 3.17% | 234 | 8.61% | 2,716 |
| Harrison | 2,175 | 60.00% | 759 | 20.94% | 691 | 19.06% | 1,416 | 39.06% | 3,625 |
| Henry | 808 | 43.60% | 1,039 | 56.07% | 6 | 0.33% | -231 | -12.47% | 1,853 |
| Highland | 2,409 | 45.34% | 2,272 | 42.76% | 632 | 11.90% | 137 | 2.58% | 5,313 |
| Hocking | 1,329 | 42.42% | 1,784 | 56.94% | 134 | 4.14% | -455 | -14.52% | 3,247 |
| Holmes | 1,392 | 37.41% | 2,281 | 61.30% | 48 | 1.29% | -889 | -23.89% | 3,721 |
| Huron | 4,107 | 65.39% | 2,083 | 33.16% | 91 | 1.45% | 2,024 | 32.23% | 6,281 |
| Jackson | 1,738 | 53.17% | 1,436 | 43.93% | 95 | 2.90% | 302 | 9.24% | 3,269 |
| Jefferson | 2,682 | 57.96% | 1,163 | 25.14% | 782 | 16.90% | 1,519 | 32.82% | 4,627 |
| Knox | 2,860 | 51.48% | 2,060 | 37.08% | 636 | 11.44% | 800 | 14.40% | 5,556 |
| Lake | 2,521 | 77.74% | 622 | 19.18% | 100 | 3.08% | 1,899 | 58.56% | 3,243 |
| Lawrence | 1,801 | 55.90% | 1,147 | 35.60% | 274 | 8.50% | 654 | 20.30% | 3,222 |
| Licking | 3,502 | 47.06% | 3,154 | 42.38% | 786 | 10.56% | 348 | 4.68% | 7,442 |
| Logan | 2,415 | 59.28% | 1,542 | 37.85% | 117 | 2.87% | 873 | 21.43% | 4,074 |
| Lorain | 4,045 | 66.89% | 1,766 | 29.20% | 236 | 3.91% | 2,279 | 37.69% | 6,047 |
| Lucas | 2,889 | 58.85% | 1,820 | 37.07% | 200 | 4.08% | 1,069 | 21.78% | 4,909 |
| Madison | 1,417 | 53.03% | 1,016 | 38.02% | 239 | 8.95% | 401 | 15.01% | 2,672 |
| Mahoning | 2,907 | 57.51% | 1,990 | 39.37% | 158 | 3.12% | 917 | 18.14% | 5,055 |
| Marion | 1,595 | 49.03% | 1,640 | 50.42% | 18 | 0.55% | -45 | -1.39% | 3,253 |
| Medina | 3,068 | 62.64% | 1,765 | 36.04% | 65 | 1.32% | 1,303 | 26.60% | 4,898 |
| Meigs | 2,689 | 58.30% | 1,699 | 36.84% | 224 | 4.86% | 990 | 21.46% | 4,612 |
| Mercer | 832 | 34.01% | 1,606 | 65.66% | 8 | 0.33% | -774 | -31.65% | 2,446 |
| Miami | 3,431 | 58.69% | 2,337 | 39.98% | 78 | 1.33% | 1,094 | 18.71% | 5,846 |
| Monroe | 1,335 | 28.57% | 3,147 | 67.36% | 190 | 4.07% | -1,812 | -38.79% | 4,672 |
| Montgomery | 4,974 | 50.07% | 4,710 | 47.41% | 251 | 2.52% | 264 | 2.66% | 9,935 |
| Morgan | 2,445 | 57.03% | 1,757 | 40.98% | 85 | 1.99% | 688 | 16.05% | 4,287 |
| Morrow | 2,260 | 53.18% | 1,928 | 45.36% | 62 | 1.46% | 332 | 7.82% | 4,250 |
| Muskingum | 4,004 | 49.39% | 3,550 | 43.79% | 553 | 6.82% | 454 | 5.60% | 8,107 |
| Noble | 1,944 | 52.02% | 1,647 | 44.07% | 146 | 3.91% | 297 | 7.95% | 3,737 |
| Ottawa | 571 | 44.37% | 692 | 53.77% | 24 | 1.86% | -121 | -9.40% | 1,287 |
| Paulding | 554 | 58.07% | 391 | 40.99% | 9 | 0.94% | 163 | 17.08% | 954 |
| Perry | 1,605 | 43.51% | 1,950 | 52.86% | 134 | 3.63% | -345 | -9.35% | 3,689 |
| Pickaway | 2,002 | 42.70% | 2,425 | 51.73% | 261 | 5.57% | -423 | -9.03% | 4,688 |
| Pike | 958 | 38.44% | 1,397 | 56.06% | 137 | 5.50% | -439 | -17.62% | 2,492 |
| Portage | 3,065 | 59.34% | 1,970 | 38.14% | 130 | 2.52% | 1,095 | 21.20% | 5,165 |
| Preble | 2,596 | 59.24% | 1,733 | 39.55% | 53 | 1.21% | 863 | 19.69% | 4,382 |
| Putnam | 1,010 | 40.48% | 1,478 | 59.24% | 7 | 0.28% | -468 | -18.76% | 2,495 |
| Richland | 3,023 | 47.60% | 3,135 | 49.36% | 193 | 3.04% | -112 | -1.76% | 6,351 |
| Ross | 3,043 | 47.35% | 2,806 | 43.67% | 577 | 8.98% | 237 | 3.68% | 6,426 |
| Sandusky | 1,938 | 45.28% | 2,319 | 54.18% | 23 | 0.54% | -381 | -8.90% | 4,280 |
| Scioto | 2,186 | 50.51% | 1,750 | 40.43% | 392 | 9.06% | 436 | 10.08% | 4,328 |
| Seneca | 3,052 | 48.14% | 3,175 | 50.08% | 113 | 1.78% | -123 | -1.94% | 6,340 |
| Shelby | 1,597 | 48.29% | 1,669 | 50.47% | 41 | 1.24% | -72 | -2.18% | 3,307 |
| Stark | 4,064 | 52.98% | 2,820 | 36.76% | 787 | 10.26% | 1,244 | 16.22% | 7,671 |
| Summit | 3,607 | 65.52% | 1,785 | 32.43% | 113 | 2.05% | 1,822 | 33.09% | 5,505 |
| Trumbull | 4,349 | 69.22% | 1,672 | 26.61% | 262 | 4.17% | 2,677 | 42.61% | 6,283 |
| Tuscarawas | 3,136 | 51.72% | 2,846 | 46.93% | 82 | 1.35% | 290 | 4.79% | 6,064 |
| Union | 1,792 | 55.55% | 1,145 | 35.49% | 289 | 8.96% | 647 | 20.06% | 3,226 |
| Van Wert | 1,015 | 50.93% | 959 | 48.12% | 19 | 0.95% | 56 | 2.81% | 1,993 |
| Vinton | 1,246 | 49.39% | 1,231 | 48.79% | 46 | 1.82% | 15 | 0.60% | 2,523 |
| Warren | 3,316 | 60.62% | 2,011 | 36.76% | 143 | 2.62% | 1,305 | 23.86% | 5,470 |
| Washington | 3,169 | 49.38% | 3,060 | 47.69% | 188 | 2.93% | 109 | 1.69% | 6,417 |
| Wayne | 3,204 | 48.73% | 3,250 | 49.43% | 121 | 1.84% | -46 | -0.70% | 6,575 |
| Williams | 1,713 | 56.52% | 1,180 | 38.93% | 138 | 4.55% | 533 | 17.59% | 3,031 |
| Wood | 2,011 | 59.85% | 1,330 | 39.58% | 19 | 0.57% | 681 | 20.27% | 3,360 |
| Wyandot | 1,567 | 47.72% | 1,670 | 50.85% | 47 | 1.43% | -103 | -3.13% | 3,284 |
| Totals | 231,809 | 52.33% | 187,421 | 42.31% | 23,736 | 5.36% | 44,388 | 10.02% | 442,966 |