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The1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Illinois was the home state of both major party nominees,Republican candidate and formerWhigcongressmanAbraham Lincoln as well asDemocratic candidateSenatorStephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's running mate wasSenatorHannibal Hamlin ofMaine while Douglas' running mate was41st Governor of GeorgiaHerschel V. Johnson.
Abraham Lincoln would win Illinois by a narrow margin of 3.52%.
Liberty Party running under the name Union Party's[1] candidateGerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came fromOhio.[2]Pope County has voted Democratic twice since this election (in 1992 and 1996) andJohnson County has done so once (in 1992). However, this is the last time either county gave a majority to the Democratic nominee.
Johnson County would give Douglas 96.96 percent of its vote, making it his strongest county nationwide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin | 172,171 | 50.69% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas Herschel V. Johnson | 160,215 | 47.17% | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell Edward Everett | 4,914 | 1.45% | |
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge Joseph Lane | 2,331 | 0.69% | |
| Radical Abolitionist | Gerrit Smith Samuel McFarland | 35 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 339,666 | 100.00% | ||
| County | Abraham Lincoln Republican | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic | Gerrit Smith Radical Abolitionist | Total Votes Cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,811 | 46.34% | 4,265 | 51.86% | 81 | 0.98% | 67 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,224 |
| Alexander | 106 | 10.12% | 684 | 65.33% | 178 | 17.00% | 79 | 7.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,047 |
| Bond | 987 | 49.47% | 981 | 49.17% | 25 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,995 |
| Boone | 1,759 | 85.02% | 310 | 14.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,069 |
| Brown | 728 | 36.60% | 1,202 | 60.43% | 33 | 1.66% | 26 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,989 |
| Bureau | 3,622 | 69.17% | 1,415 | 27.02% | 20 | 0.38% | 179 | 3.42% | 9 | 0.17% | 5,236 |
| Calhoun | 269 | 26.82% | 668 | 66.60% | 66 | 6.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,003 |
| Carroll | 1,630 | 77.88% | 461 | 22.03% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.14% | 2,093 |
| Cass | 1,046 | 44.12% | 1,301 | 54.87% | 19 | 0.80% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,371 |
| Champaign | 1,793 | 58.52% | 1,221 | 39.85% | 25 | 0.82% | 25 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,064 |
| Christian | 968 | 40.25% | 1,408 | 58.54% | 20 | 0.83% | 9 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,405 |
| Clark | 1,313 | 43.12% | 1,724 | 56.62% | 8 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,045 |
| Clay | 681 | 38.19% | 1,070 | 60.01% | 30 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,783 |
| Clinton | 748 | 35.74% | 1,294 | 61.83% | 45 | 2.15% | 6 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,093 |
| Coles | 1,495 | 49.16% | 1,467 | 48.24% | 79 | 2.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,041 |
| Cook | 14,589 | 59.24% | 9,846 | 39.98% | 107 | 0.43% | 87 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.01% | 24,629 |
| Crawford | 921 | 39.53% | 1,384 | 59.40% | 24 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,330 |
| Cumberland | 629 | 40.61% | 909 | 58.68% | 9 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,549 |
| DeKalb | 3,049 | 75.79% | 965 | 23.99% | 8 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,023 |
| DeWitt | 1,258 | 52.24% | 1,015 | 42.15% | 73 | 3.03% | 62 | 2.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,408 |
| DuPage | 1,790 | 68.90% | 803 | 30.91% | 39 | 1.50% | 2 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.15% | 2,598 |
| Douglas | 809 | 54.48% | 629 | 42.36% | 3 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,485 |
| Edgar | 1,727 | 46.34% | 1,923 | 51.60% | 66 | 1.77% | 11 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,727 |
| Edwards | 580 | 60.04% | 370 | 38.30% | 16 | 1.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 966 |
| Effingham | 453 | 29.47% | 1,084 | 70.53% | 9 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,537 |
| Fayette | 953 | 37.33% | 1,571 | 61.54% | 27 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,553 |
| Ford | 235 | 61.36% | 148 | 38.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 383 |
| Franklin | 228 | 13.42% | 1,391 | 81.87% | 75 | 4.41% | 5 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,699 |
| Fulton | 3,629 | 47.66% | 3,926 | 51.56% | 48 | 0.63% | 11 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,614 |
| Gallatin | 221 | 16.47% | 1,020 | 76.01% | 88 | 6.56% | 13 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,342 |
| Greene | 979 | 30.38% | 2,173 | 67.42% | 67 | 2.08% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,223 |
| Grundy | 1,412 | 66.35% | 710 | 33.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,128 |
| Hamilton | 102 | 5.82% | 1,553 | 88.54% | 99 | 5.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,754 |
| Hancock | 2,568 | 45.26% | 2,960 | 52.17% | 115 | 2.03% | 31 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,674 |
| Hardin | 107 | 16.02% | 499 | 74.70% | 62 | 9.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 668 |
| Henderson | 1,253 | 56.52% | 911 | 41.09% | 31 | 1.40% | 22 | 0.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,217 |
| Henry | 3,022 | 66.07% | 1,532 | 33.49% | 4 | 0.09% | 16 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,574 |
| Iroquois | 1,429 | 59.74% | 955 | 39.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,392 |
| Jackson | 315 | 15.39% | 1,556 | 76.01% | 147 | 7.18% | 29 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,047 |
| Jasper | 626 | 40.70% | 906 | 58.91% | 5 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,538 |
| Jefferson | 459 | 18.60% | 1,852 | 75.04% | 136 | 5.51% | 21 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,468 |
| Jersey | 910 | 39.27% | 1,291 | 55.72% | 105 | 4.53% | 11 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,317 |
| Jo Daviess | 2,782 | 59.57% | 1,841 | 39.42% | 38 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,670 |
| Johnson | 40 | 2.48% | 1,563 | 96.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,612 |
| Kane | 4,207 | 71.57% | 1,651 | 28.09% | 8 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,878 |
| Kankakee | 1,977 | 70.48% | 803 | 28.63% | 9 | 0.32% | 16 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,805 |
| Kendall | 1,811 | 76.00% | 571 | 23.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,383 |
| Knox | 3,832 | 62.95% | 2,208 | 36.27% | 30 | 0.49% | 17 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,087 |
| Lake | 2,394 | 71.06% | 965 | 28.64% | 4 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,369 |
| LaSalle | 5,342 | 55.21% | 4,290 | 44.34% | 35 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.07% | 9,675 |
| Lawrence | 764 | 43.76% | 970 | 55.56% | 12 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,746 |
| Lee | 2,420 | 67.58% | 1,140 | 31.83% | 15 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,581 |
| Livingston | 1,474 | 57.53% | 1,088 | 42.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,562 |
| Logan | 1,729 | 52.68% | 1,521 | 46.34% | 28 | 0.85% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,282 |
| Macon | 1,501 | 48.00% | 1,541 | 49.28% | 56 | 1.79% | 29 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,127 |
| Macoupin | 2,192 | 42.62% | 2,688 | 52.27% | 225 | 4.37% | 38 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,143 |
| Madison | 3,161 | 48.93% | 3,100 | 47.99% | 178 | 2.76% | 21 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,460 |
| Marion | 858 | 32.18% | 1,715 | 64.33% | 90 | 3.38% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,666 |
| Marshall | 1,630 | 53.90% | 1,376 | 45.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,024 |
| Mason | 1,198 | 48.46% | 1,224 | 49.51% | 47 | 1.90% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,472 |
| Massac | 121 | 11.22% | 873 | 80.98% | 84 | 7.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,078 |
| McDonough | 2,255 | 49.14% | 2,266 | 49.38% | 62 | 1.35% | 6 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,589 |
| McHenry | 3,033 | 67.49% | 1,444 | 32.13% | 9 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,494 |
| McLean | 3,547 | 57.40% | 2,567 | 41.54% | 58 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 6,179 |
| Menard | 962 | 46.38% | 1,035 | 49.90% | 66 | 3.18% | 11 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,074 |
| Mercer | 1,808 | 59.49% | 1,193 | 39.26% | 35 | 1.15% | 3 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.13% | 3,039 |
| Monroe | 845 | 37.34% | 1,401 | 61.91% | 17 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,263 |
| Montgomery | 1,099 | 36.50% | 1,743 | 57.89% | 169 | 5.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,011 |
| Morgan | 2,312 | 47.78% | 2,419 | 49.99% | 94 | 1.94% | 14 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,839 |
| Moultrie | 618 | 46.22% | 707 | 52.88% | 12 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,337 |
| Ogle | 3,184 | 69.90% | 1,315 | 28.87% | 40 | 0.88% | 16 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,555 |
| Peoria | 3,539 | 48.03% | 3,738 | 50.73% | 40 | 0.54% | 51 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,368 |
| Perry | 649 | 34.36% | 1,101 | 58.28% | 138 | 7.31% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,889 |
| Piatt | 782 | 54.61% | 599 | 41.83% | 51 | 3.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,432 |
| Pike | 2,553 | 45.23% | 3,016 | 53.43% | 39 | 0.69% | 37 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,645 |
| Pope | 127 | 8.99% | 1,202 | 85.07% | 83 | 5.87% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,413 |
| Pulaski | 220 | 23.53% | 560 | 59.89% | 45 | 4.81% | 40 | 4.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 935 |
| Putnam | 751 | 63.59% | 366 | 30.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 5.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,181 |
| Randolph | 1,382 | 42.19% | 1,815 | 55.40% | 71 | 2.17% | 8 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,276 |
| Richland | 777 | 42.53% | 1,022 | 55.94% | 22 | 1.20% | 6 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,827 |
| Rock Island | 2,088 | 57.81% | 1,478 | 40.92% | 34 | 0.94% | 12 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,612 |
| Saline | 100 | 6.39% | 1,338 | 85.44% | 113 | 7.22% | 15 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,566 |
| Sangamon | 3,556 | 48.31% | 3,598 | 48.88% | 130 | 1.77% | 77 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,361 |
| Schuyler | 956 | 37.67% | 1,559 | 61.43% | 15 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,538 |
| Scott | 832 | 42.17% | 1,131 | 57.32% | 5 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,973 |
| Shelby | 971 | 31.13% | 2,088 | 66.94% | 60 | 1.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,119 |
| Stark | 1,164 | 63.06% | 659 | 35.70% | 23 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,846 |
| St. Clair | 3,682 | 53.63% | 3,014 | 43.90% | 147 | 2.14% | 23 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,866 |
| Stephenson | 2,670 | 59.69% | 1,787 | 39.95% | 4 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,473 |
| Tazewell | 2,348 | 51.66% | 2,168 | 47.70% | 26 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,545 |
| Union | 157 | 7.73% | 996 | 49.06% | 58 | 2.86% | 819 | 40.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,030 |
| Vermilion | 2,251 | 58.64% | 1,577 | 41.08% | 4 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,839 |
| Wabash | 597 | 44.89% | 710 | 53.38% | 22 | 1.65% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,330 |
| Warren | 2,208 | 56.46% | 1,672 | 42.75% | 17 | 0.43% | 14 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,911 |
| Washington | 793 | 32.82% | 1,565 | 64.78% | 58 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,416 |
| Wayne | 620 | 26.75% | 1,645 | 70.97% | 48 | 2.07% | 5 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,318 |
| White | 756 | 32.27% | 1,544 | 65.90% | 38 | 1.62% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,343 |
| Whiteside | 2,713 | 70.50% | 1,110 | 28.85% | 17 | 0.44% | 8 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,848 |
| Will | 3,219 | 55.90% | 2,515 | 43.68% | 12 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.02% | 5,758 |
| Williamson | 173 | 7.81% | 1,835 | 82.88% | 166 | 7.50% | 40 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,214 |
| Winnebago | 3,984 | 82.76% | 817 | 16.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,814 |
| Woodford | 1,238 | 45.75% | 1,419 | 52.44% | 39 | 1.44% | 10 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,706 |
| Total | 172,161 | 50.68% | 160,215 | 47.16% | 4,942 | 1.45% | 2,320 | 0.68% | 34 | 0.01% | 339,693 |
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