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The1860 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose six electors of theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Connecticut was won byRepublican candidateAbraham Lincoln, who won by a margin of 32.36%.
| 1860 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln ofIllinois | Hannibal Hamlin ofMaine | 43,486 | 53.86% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Stephen Arnold Douglas ofIllinois | Herschel Vespasian Johnson ofGeorgia | 17,364 | 21.50% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Southern Democratic | John Cabell Breckinridge ofKentucky | Joseph Lane ofOregon | 16,558 | 20.51% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Constitutional Union | John Bell ofTennessee | Edward Everett ofMassachusetts | 3,337 | 4.13% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 80,745 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Abraham Lincoln Republican | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | Margin | Total Votes Cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Fairfield | 7,025 | 43.66% | 3,177 | 19.74% | 3,835 | 23.83% | 2,055 | 12.77% | 3,190[a] | 19.83% | 16,092 |
| Hartford | 8,510 | 56.15% | 3,257 | 21.49% | 3,088 | 20.37% | 301 | 1.99% | 5,253 | 34.66% | 15,156 |
| Litchfield | 4,812 | 59.04% | 1,727 | 21.19% | 1,567 | 19.23% | 44 | 0.54% | 3,085 | 37.85% | 8,150 |
| Middlesex | 2,886 | 52.38% | 1,180 | 21.42% | 1,335 | 24.23% | 109 | 1.98% | 1,551[a] | 28.15% | 5,510 |
| New Haven | 8,668 | 52.41% | 2,931 | 17.72% | 4,368 | 26.41% | 573 | 3.46% | 4,300[a] | 26.00% | 16,540 |
| New London | 5,474 | 57.74% | 2,597 | 27.39% | 1,199 | 12.65% | 211 | 2.23% | 2,877 | 30.35% | 9,481 |
| Tolland | 2,494 | 60.39% | 1,139 | 27.58% | 479 | 11.60% | 18 | 0.44% | 1,355 | 32.81% | 4,130 |
| Windham | 3,619 | 67.04% | 1,456 | 26.97% | 303 | 5.61% | 20 | 0.37% | 2,163 | 40.07% | 5,398 |
| Totals: | 43,486 | 53.86% | 17,364 | 21.50% | 16,558 | 20.51% | 3,337 | 4.13% | 26,122 | 32.36% | 80,745 |
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