1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky County Results
Bell
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Breckinridge
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Douglas
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
The1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the1860 United States presidential election . Kentucky voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .[ 1]
Kentucky was won by theConstitutional Union nomineeSenator John Bell ofTennessee and his running mateGovernor of Massachusetts Edward Everett . They defeated theSouthern Democratic nomineeVice President of the United States and Kentucky nativeJohn C. Breckinridge and his running mateSenator Joseph Lane ofOregon as well asDemocratic nominee 15thSenator Stephen A. Douglas ofIllinois and his running mate41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson , with 17.54% of the popular vote.[ 1]
DespiteRepublican candidate and formerIllinois representativeAbraham Lincoln having been born and raised for the first five years of his life in Kentucky, he came in a distant fourth, failing to win 1% of the vote. Even worse for Lincoln, he failed to winLaRue County , the location of his birth. As of the2024 presidential election [update] Clay County andOwsley County voted for a Democratic candidate.
Lincoln's support came from German-Americans and the mountainous counties.[ 2]
1860 United States Presidential Election in Kentucky (By County)[ 3] [ 4] County John BellConstitutional Union
John C. BreckinridgeSouthern Democratic
Stephen A. DouglasDemocratic
Abraham LincolnRepublican
Total Votes Cast # % # % # % # % Adair 403 36.40% 348 31.44% 355 32.07% 1 0.09% 1,107 Allen 507 44.47% 229 20.09% 404 35.44% 0 0.00% 1,140 Anderson 296 26.96% 670 61.02% 132 12.02% 0 0.00% 1,098 Ballard 481 39.92% 452 37.51% 271 22.49% 1 0.08% 1,205 Barren 1,086 57.74% 289 15.36% 492 26.16% 14 0.74% 1,881 Bath 694 40.47% 878 51.20% 143 8.34% 0 0.00% 1,715 Boone 881 47.65% 739 39.97% 228 12.33% 1 0.05% 1,849 Bourbon 966 55.11% 755 43.07% 29 1.65% 3 0.17% 1,753 Boyd 488 60.10% 191 23.52% 115 14.16% 18 2.22% 812 Boyle 697 64.36% 331 30.56% 52 4.80% 3 0.28% 1,083 Bracken 881 49.63% 644 36.28% 246 13.86% 4 0.23% 1,775 Breathitt 113 19.72% 459 80.10% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% 573 Breckinridge 956 58.94% 281 17.32% 382 23.55% 3 0.18% 1,622 Bullitt 451 45.42% 96 9.67% 444 44.71% 2 0.20% 993 Butler 500 52.91% 119 12.59% 321 33.97% 5 0.53% 945 Caldwell 446 40.00% 618 55.43% 48 4.30% 3 0.27% 1,115 Calloway 274 21.14% 904 69.75% 118 9.10% 0 0.00% 1,296 Campbell 854 32.25% 520 19.64% 960 36.25% 314 11.86% 2,648 Carroll 436 40.45% 572 53.06% 70 6.49% 0 0.00% 1,078 Carter 301 28.29% 616 57.89% 146 13.72% 1 0.09% 1,064 Casey 541 58.36% 176 18.99% 202 21.79% 8 0.86% 927 Christian 954 52.05% 411 22.42% 467 25.48% 1 0.05% 1,833 Clark 959 67.97% 391 27.71% 60 4.25% 1 0.07% 1,411 Clay 341 42.31% 353 43.80% 108 13.40% 4 0.50% 806 Clinton 261 36.71% 192 27.00% 255 35.86% 3 0.42% 711 Crittenden 553 44.20% 630 50.36% 67 5.36% 1 0.08% 1,251 Cumberland 584 67.51% 82 9.48% 192 22.20% 7 0.81% 865 Daviess 1,074 47.42% 654 28.87% 530 23.40% 7 0.31% 2,265 Edmonson 185 35.85% 179 34.69% 137 26.55% 15 2.91% 516 Estill 433 42.45% 512 50.20% 19 1.86% 56 5.49% 1,020 Fayette 1,411 54.99% 1,051 40.96% 99 3.86% 5 0.19% 2,566 Fleming 907 49.40% 827 45.04% 100 5.45% 2 0.11% 1,836 Floyd 64 9.51% 609 90.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 673 Franklin 790 45.56% 907 52.31% 37 2.13% 0 0.00% 1,734 Fulton 300 42.02% 307 43.00% 107 14.99% 0 0.00% 714 Gallatin 383 45.76% 420 50.18% 34 4.06% 0 0.00% 837 Garrard 730 66.91% 195 17.87% 145 13.29% 21 1.92% 1,091 Grant 677 45.19% 709 47.33% 112 7.48% 0 0.00% 1,498 Graves 660 32.59% 1,225 60.49% 140 6.91% 0 0.00% 2,025 Grayson 497 44.73% 387 34.83% 219 19.71% 8 0.72% 1,111 Green 420 42.99% 367 37.56% 188 19.24% 2 0.20% 977 Greenup 795 64.22% 350 28.27% 89 7.19% 4 0.32% 1,238 Hancock 397 44.51% 427 47.87% 65 7.29% 3 0.34% 892 Hardin 1,029 49.21% 144 6.89% 912 43.62% 6 0.29% 2,091 Harlan 329 54.92% 264 44.07% 4 0.67% 2 0.33% 599 Harrison 960 41.20% 1,272 54.59% 98 4.21% 0 0.00% 2,330 Hart 535 37.15% 153 10.63% 751 52.15% 1 0.07% 1,440 Henderson 846 54.23% 498 31.92% 211 13.53% 5 0.32% 1,560 Henry 672 36.58% 773 42.08% 390 21.23% 2 0.11% 1,837 Hickman 284 29.31% 618 63.78% 66 6.81% 1 0.10% 969 Hopkins 731 46.56% 666 42.42% 171 10.89% 2 0.13% 1,570 Jackson 140 35.90% 136 34.87% 13 3.33% 101 25.90% 390 Jefferson 4,896 51.19% 1,122 11.73% 3,441 35.97% 106 1.11% 9,565 Jessamine 603 50.17% 559 46.51% 37 3.08% 3 0.25% 1,202 Johnson 22 3.30% 618 92.79% 26 3.90% 0 0.00% 666 Kenton 1,327 37.32% 650 18.28% 1,312 36.90% 267 7.51% 3,556 Knox 579 66.02% 211 24.06% 76 8.67% 11 1.25% 877 LaRue 401 45.26% 32 3.61% 450 50.79% 3 0.34% 886 Laurel 385 49.81% 370 47.87% 8 1.03% 10 1.29% 773 Lawrence 433 45.20% 515 53.76% 10 1.04% 0 0.00% 958 Letcher 91 24.40% 281 75.34% 1 0.27% 0 0.00% 373 Lewis 506 45.54% 501 45.09% 73 6.57% 31 2.79% 1,111 Lincoln 743 61.97% 380 31.69% 72 6.01% 4 0.33% 1,199 Livingston 460 50.77% 350 38.63% 96 10.60% 0 0.00% 906 Logan 1,490 74.35% 169 8.43% 342 17.07% 3 0.15% 2,004 Lyon 304 40.75% 431 57.77% 11 1.47% 0 0.00% 746 Madison 1,038 49.59% 914 43.67% 56 2.68% 85 4.06% 2,093 Magoffin 173 35.45% 311 63.73% 4 0.82% 0 0.00% 488 Marion 475 28.61% 281 16.93% 904 54.46% 0 0.00% 1,660 Marshall 176 16.30% 797 73.80% 107 9.91% 0 0.00% 1,080 Mason 1,305 54.90% 799 33.61% 247 10.39% 26 1.09% 2,377 McCracken 710 57.17% 244 19.65% 280 22.54% 8 0.64% 1,242 McLean 242 45.15% 132 24.63% 162 30.22% 0 0.00% 536 Meade 664 59.18% 152 13.55% 305 27.18% 1 0.09% 1,122 Mercer 608 33.30% 992 54.33% 224 12.27% 2 0.11% 1,826 Metcalfe 527 65.79% 34 4.24% 237 29.59% 3 0.37% 801 Monroe 494 51.30% 324 33.64% 142 14.75% 3 0.31% 963 Montgomery 540 50.09% 489 45.36% 49 4.55% 0 0.00% 1,078 Morgan 189 19.59% 776 80.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 965 Muhlenberg 741 54.77% 51 3.77% 557 41.17% 4 0.30% 1,353 Nelson 609 38.47% 333 21.04% 641 40.49% 0 0.00% 1,583 Nicholas 690 40.47% 988 57.95% 26 1.52% 1 0.06% 1,705 Ohio 677 46.31% 201 13.75% 582 39.81% 2 0.14% 1,462 Oldham 372 39.74% 299 31.94% 263 28.10% 2 0.21% 936 Owen 539 23.01% 1,760 75.15% 43 1.84% 0 0.00% 2,342 Owsley 330 46.74% 370 52.41% 5 0.71% 1 0.14% 706 Pendleton 758 42.16% 807 44.88% 231 12.85% 2 0.11% 1,798 Perry 128 30.12% 293 68.94% 3 0.71% 1 0.47% 425 Pike 73 9.11% 726 90.64% 1 0.12% 1 0.12% 801 Powell 161 46.13% 184 52.72% 4 1.15% 0 0.00% 349 Pulaski 877 42.04% 1,098 52.64% 56 2.68% 55 2.64% 2,086 Rockcastle 374 53.13% 257 36.51% 9 1.28% 64 9.09% 704 Rowan 121 36.34% 189 56.76% 23 6.91% 0 0.00% 333 Russell 427 55.10% 299 38.58% 48 6.19% 1 0.13% 775 Scott 734 37.56% 1,176 60.18% 44 2.25% 0 0.00% 1,954 Shelby 1,176 58.86% 594 29.73% 228 11.41% 0 0.00% 1,998 Simpson 404 44.06% 319 34.79% 194 21.16% 0 0.00% 917 Spencer 334 45.63% 94 12.84% 304 41.53% 0 0.00% 732 Taylor 312 33.88% 151 16.40% 457 49.62% 1 0.11% 921 Todd 642 60.17% 274 25.68% 147 13.78% 4 0.37% 1,067 Trigg 623 43.05% 646 44.64% 177 12.23% 1 0.07% 1,447 Trimble 258 27.92% 581 62.88% 84 9.09% 1 0.11% 924 Union 651 41.36% 464 29.48% 459 29.16% 0 0.00% 1,574 Warren 1,126 58.46% 182 9.45% 615 31.93% 3 0.16% 1,926 Washington 318 26.09% 290 23.79% 610 50.04% 1 0.08% 1,219 Wayne 603 46.03% 695 53.05% 7 0.53% 5 0.38% 1,310 Webster 205 21.44% 575 60.15% 176 18.41% 0 0.00% 956 Whitley 519 60.49% 318 37.06% 14 1.63% 7 0.82% 858 Wolfe 109 23.64% 352 76.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 461 Woodford 633 52.93% 547 45.74% 16 1.34% 0 0.00% 1,196 Total 66,058 45.18% 53,143 36.35% 25,641 17.54% 1,364 0.93% 146,206
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