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The1860 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
California narrowly voted for theRepublican nominee, formerIllinoisrepresentativeAbraham Lincoln. He defeated theDemocratic nominee,IllinoisSenatorStephen A. Douglas, theSouthern Democratic nominee,Vice PresidentJohn C. Breckinridge and theConstitutional Union nomineeJohn Bell. Lincoln won the state by a narrow margin of 0.61%, or 734 votes.
After this election,Humboldt County would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until 1932. This was also the last time a Democratic candidate would carryPlacer County andPlumas County until 1916, nor would any Democratic candidate carryNapa County,San Mateo County, andSolano County again until 1912.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Charles A. Tuttle | 38,734 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Charles Washburn | 38,733 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | W. H. Weeks | 38,720 | |
| Republican Party | Abraham Lincoln | Antonio M. Pico | 38,699 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Humphrey Griffith | 38,023 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | R. P. Hammond | 37,999 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | George F. Price | 37,959 | |
| Democratic Party | Stephen A. Douglas | Pablo de la Guerra | 37,957 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Allen P. Dudley | 33,975 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Vincent E. Geiger | 33,970 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Zach Montgomery | 33,970 | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | Antonio T. Coronel | 33,969 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | Phineas L. Miner | 9,136 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | J. B. Crockett | 9,111 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | G. W. Bowie | 9,110 | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | James H. Lander | 9,098 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 17 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 119,885 | |||
| County | Abraham Lincoln Republican | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total Votes Cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 1,033 | 49.40% | 513 | 24.53% | 481 | 23.00% | 62 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.10% | 520 | 24.87% | 2,091 |
| Amador | 995 | 24.97% | 1,866 | 46.84% | 945 | 23.72% | 178 | 4.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -871 | -21.86% | 3,984 |
| Butte | 1,437 | 32.38% | 1,502 | 33.84% | 1,173 | 26.43% | 326 | 7.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -1.46% | 4,438 |
| Calaveras | 978 | 20.30% | 1,883 | 39.08% | 1,717 | 35.64% | 240 | 4.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -166[c] | -3.45% | 4,818 |
| Colusa | 258 | 27.10% | 235 | 24.68% | 386 | 40.55% | 73 | 7.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -128 | -13.45% | 952 |
| Contra Costa | 608 | 39.33% | 413 | 26.71% | 391 | 25.29% | 134 | 8.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 12.61% | 1,546 |
| Del Norte | 175 | 33.72% | 88 | 16.96% | 217 | 41.81% | 39 | 7.51% | 0 | 0.00% | -42 | -8.09% | 519 |
| El Dorado | 2,119 | 30.06% | 2,695 | 38.23% | 1,901 | 26.96% | 334 | 4.74% | 1 | 0.01% | -576 | -8.17% | 7,050 |
| Fresno | 53 | 11.30% | 22 | 4.69% | 271 | 57.78% | 123 | 26.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -148[d] | -31.56% | 469 |
| Humboldt | 335 | 32.49% | 444 | 43.06% | 232 | 22.50% | 20 | 1.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -109 | -10.57% | 1,031 |
| Klamath | 92 | 13.77% | 377 | 56.44% | 163 | 24.40% | 36 | 5.39% | 0 | 0.00% | -214[c] | -32.04% | 668 |
| Los Angeles | 352 | 20.51% | 475 | 27.68% | 688 | 40.09% | 201 | 11.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -213[e] | -12.41% | 1,716 |
| Marin | 408 | 40.28% | 282 | 27.84% | 285 | 28.13% | 38 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 123[c] | 12.14% | 1,013 |
| Mariposa | 262 | 13.90% | 489 | 25.94% | 815 | 43.24% | 319 | 16.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -326[e] | -17.29% | 1,885 |
| Mendocino | 198 | 18.70% | 235 | 22.19% | 499 | 47.12% | 116 | 10.95% | 11 | 1.04% | -264[e] | -24.93% | 1,059 |
| Merced | 42 | 10.74% | 52 | 13.30% | 233 | 59.59% | 64 | 16.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -169[d] | -43.22% | 391 |
| Monterey | 306 | 38.64% | 233 | 29.42% | 246 | 31.06% | 4 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.38% | 60[c] | 7.58% | 792 |
| Napa | 441 | 24.79% | 518 | 29.12% | 679 | 38.17% | 141 | 7.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -161[e] | -9.05% | 1,779 |
| Nevada | 2,539 | 36.45% | 2,373 | 34.07% | 1,653 | 23.73% | 400 | 5.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 | 2.38% | 6,965 |
| Placer | 1,743 | 29.93% | 1,858 | 31.90% | 1,448 | 24.86% | 775 | 13.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -115 | -1.97% | 5,824 |
| Plumas | 458 | 28.18% | 503 | 30.95% | 453 | 27.88% | 211 | 12.98% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -2.77% | 1,625 |
| Sacramento | 2,670 | 35.40% | 2,836 | 37.60% | 1,684 | 22.33% | 352 | 4.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -166 | -2.20% | 7,542 |
| San Bernardino | 305 | 37.24% | 224 | 27.35% | 192 | 23.44% | 98 | 11.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 81 | 9.89% | 819 |
| San Diego | 81 | 30.45% | 29 | 10.90% | 148 | 55.64% | 8 | 3.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -67 | -25.19% | 266 |
| San Francisco | 6,825 | 47.53% | 4,035 | 28.10% | 2,560 | 17.83% | 940 | 6.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,790 | 19.43% | 14,360 |
| San Joaquin | 1,131 | 32.92% | 733 | 21.33% | 1,373 | 39.96% | 199 | 5.79% | 0 | 0.00% | -242 | -7.04% | 3,436 |
| San Luis Obispo | 148 | 34.99% | 120 | 28.37% | 155 | 36.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -1.65% | 423 |
| San Mateo | 389 | 35.27% | 543 | 49.23% | 130 | 11.79% | 41 | 3.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -154 | -13.96% | 1,103 |
| Santa Barbara | 46 | 9.70% | 305 | 64.35% | 123 | 25.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -182[c] | -38.40% | 474 |
| Santa Clara | 1,463 | 46.05% | 881 | 27.73% | 722 | 22.73% | 111 | 3.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 582 | 18.32% | 3,177 |
| Santa Cruz | 670 | 47.72% | 286 | 20.37% | 319 | 22.72% | 129 | 9.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 351[c] | 25.00% | 1,404 |
| Shasta | 464 | 19.37% | 1,094 | 45.68% | 585 | 24.43% | 252 | 10.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -509[c] | -21.25% | 2,395 |
| Sierra | 1,468 | 30.95% | 1,539 | 32.45% | 1,347 | 28.40% | 389 | 8.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -1.50% | 4,743 |
| Siskiyou | 955 | 25.58% | 1,503 | 40.25% | 760 | 20.35% | 516 | 13.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -548 | -14.68% | 3,734 |
| Solano | 681 | 29.33% | 603 | 25.97% | 746 | 32.13% | 292 | 12.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -2.80% | 2,322 |
| Sonoma | 1,236 | 32.85% | 611 | 16.24% | 1,467 | 38.98% | 449 | 11.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -231 | -6.14% | 3,763 |
| Stanislaus | 167 | 18.58% | 232 | 25.81% | 433 | 48.16% | 67 | 7.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -201[e] | -22.36% | 899 |
| Sutter | 403 | 30.44% | 441 | 33.31% | 440 | 33.23% | 40 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -1[c] | -0.08% | 1,324 |
| Tehama | 243 | 18.65% | 496 | 38.07% | 311 | 23.87% | 253 | 19.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -185[c] | -14.20% | 1,303 |
| Trinity | 593 | 27.62% | 885 | 41.22% | 516 | 24.03% | 153 | 7.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -292 | -13.60% | 2,147 |
| Tulare | 131 | 9.89% | 211 | 15.94% | 574 | 43.35% | 408 | 30.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -166[d] | -12.54% | 1,324 |
| Tuolumne | 1,633 | 29.47% | 1,503 | 27.12% | 2,034 | 36.70% | 372 | 6.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -401 | -7.24% | 5,542 |
| Yolo | 535 | 31.25% | 497 | 29.03% | 606 | 35.40% | 74 | 4.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -4.15% | 1,712 |
| Yuba | 1,665 | 32.92% | 1,360 | 26.89% | 1,874 | 37.05% | 159 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -209 | -4.13% | 5,058 |
| Total | 38,734 | 32.31% | 38,023 | 31.72% | 33,975 | 28.34% | 9,136 | 7.62% | 17 | 0.01% | 711 | 0.59% | 119,885 |
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