Jump to content

1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee

← 1856 November 6, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee John Bell John C. Breckinridge Stephen A. Douglas
Party Constitutional Union Southern Democratic Democratic
Home state Tennessee Kentucky Illinois
Running mate Edward Everett Joseph Lane Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 69,728 65,097 11,281
Percentage 47.72% 44.55% 7.72%

County results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Tennessee was won by the Constitutional Union candidate and Tennessee native Senator John Bell and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky) and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Bell won the state by a narrow margin of 3.17%.

Republican Party candidate and president-elect Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Tennessee. Tennessee was the only one of ten states where Lincoln was not on the ballot that would be carried by a candidate other than Breckinridge. Nonetheless, this is the last election in which Unionist Cocke County and Hancock County were not carried by the Republican presidential nominee.[1]

Results

[edit]
1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Constitutional Union John Bell 69,728 47.72%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 65,097 44.55%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 11,281 7.72%
Total votes 146,106 100.00%

Results By County

[edit]
1860 United States Presidential Election in Tennessee (By County)[3][4]
County John Bell

Constitutional Union

John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # %
Anderson 614 62.46% 339 34.49% 30 3.05% 983
Bedford 1,506 51.40% 1,389 47.41% 35 1.19% 2,930
Benton 452 38.63% 713 60.94% 5 0.43% 1,170
Bledsoe 361 62.67% 177 30.73% 38 6.60% 576
Blount 1,261 66.58% 586 30.94% 47 2.48% 1,894
Bradley 710 40.11% 759 42.88% 301 17.01% 1,770
Campbell 345 54.25% 271 42.61% 20 3.14% 636
Cannon 445 32.08% 922 66.47% 20 1.44% 1,387
Carroll 1,570 64.45% 737 30.25% 129 5.30% 2,436
Carter 859 79.61% 205 19.00% 15 1.39% 1,079
Claiborne 614 45.75% 718 53.50% 10 0.75% 1,342
Cocke 933 65.70% 473 33.31% 14 0.99% 1,420
Coffee 361 24.57% 1,101 74.95% 7 0.48% 1,469
Cumberland 261 52.10% 236 47.11% 4 0.80% 501
Davidson[a] 3,850 67.96% 2,432 42.93% 383 6.76% 5,665
Decatur 473 51.64% 362 39.52% 81 8.84% 916
DeKalb 677 43.07% 882 56.11% 13 0.83% 1,572
Dickson 427 33.33% 768 59.95% 86 6.71% 1,281
Dyer 798 56.92% 450 32.10% 154 10.98% 1,402
Fayette 953 50.16% 364 19.16% 583 30.68% 1,900
Fentress 135 21.81% 468 75.61% 16 2.58% 619
Franklin 388 20.00% 1,526 78.66% 26 1.34% 1,940
Gibson 1,909 59.86% 1,039 32.58% 241 7.56% 3,189
Giles 1,313 45.12% 1,511 51.92% 86 2.96% 2,910
Grainger 1,047 60.49% 667 38.53% 17 0.98% 1,731
Greene 1,048 33.38% 2,054 65.41% 38 1.21% 3,140
Grundy 74 14.65% 431 85.35% 0 0.00% 505
Hamilton 1,074 52.16% 820 39.83% 165 8.01% 2,059
Hancock 309 37.68% 493 60.12% 18 2.20% 820
Haywood 885 52.03% 358 21.05% 458 26.93% 1,701
Hardeman 767 36.95% 555 26.73% 754 36.32% 2,076
Hawkins 1,067 46.27% 1,155 50.09% 84 3.64% 2,306
Hardin 671 43.83% 718 46.90% 142 9.27% 1,531
Henderson 1,246 64.53% 611 31.64% 74 3.83% 1,931
Henry 888 32.65% 1,808 66.47% 24 0.88% 2,720
Hickman 273 20.13% 1,067 78.69% 16 1.18% 1,356
Humphreys 350 34.38% 654 64.24% 14 1.38% 1,018
Jackson 1,182 52.19% 1,050 46.36% 33 1.46% 2,265
Jefferson 1,625 69.41% 681 29.09% 35 1.50% 2,341
Johnson 508 77.91% 140 21.47% 4 0.61% 652
Knox 2,471 71.46% 859 24.84% 128 3.70% 3,458
Lauderdale 493 52.73% 172 18.40% 270 28.88% 935
Lawrence 470 38.59% 690 56.65% 58 4.76% 1,218
Lewis 40 13.20% 255 84.16% 8 2.64% 303
Lincoln 517 15.90% 2,442 75.09% 293 9.01% 3,252
Macon 563 55.20% 430 42.16% 27 2.65% 1,020
Madison 1,441 61.85% 460 19.74% 429 18.41% 2,330
Marion 498 55.27% 347 38.51% 56 6.22% 901
Marshall 662 32.59% 1,326 65.29% 43 2.12% 2,031
Maury 1,434 44.42% 1,731 53.62% 63 1.95% 3,228
McMinn 986 46.84% 978 46.46% 141 6.70% 2,105
McNairy 1,064 51.38% 493 23.80% 514 24.82% 2,071
Meigs 150 19.76% 521 68.64% 88 11.59% 759
Monroe 915 44.29% 1,099 53.19% 52 2.52% 2,066
Montgomery[b] 1,426 55.64% 1,042 40.66% 95 3.71% 2,563
Morgan 168 38.89% 218 50.46% 46 10.65% 432
Obion 686 39.52% 885 50.98% 165 9.50% 1,736
Overton 394 21.29% 1,417 76.55% 40 2.16% 1,851
Perry 391 42.04% 520 55.91% 19 2.04% 930
Polk 396 30.84% 825 64.25% 63 4.91% 1,284
Rhea 289 41.34% 386 55.22% 24 3.43% 699
Roane 1,105 55.61% 839 44.22% 43 2.16% 1,987
Robertson[c] 1,309 56.47% 930 40.12% 79 3.41% 2,318
Rutherford 1,540 50.23% 1,505 49.09% 21 0.68% 3,066
Scott 252 61.92% 154 37.84% 1 0.25% 407
Sequatchie 175 57.00% 104 33.88% 28 9.12% 307
Sevier 1,035 84.15% 188 15.28% 7 0.57% 1,230
Shelby 3,048 45.15% 744 11.02% 2,959 43.83% 6,751
Smith 1,475 68.51% 618 28.70% 60 2.79% 2,153
Stewart 612 39.69% 786 50.97% 144 9.34% 1,542
Sullivan 538 25.33% 1,517 71.42% 69 3.25% 2,124
Sumner 883 32.55% 1,677 61.81% 153 5.64% 2,713
Tipton 420 39.11% 91 8.47% 563 52.42% 1,074
Van Buren 116 36.83% 187 59.37% 12 3.81% 315
Warren 378 23.45% 1,220 75.68% 14 0.87% 1,612
Washington 967 40.89% 1,331 56.28% 67 2.83% 2,365
Wayne 701 60.12% 392 33.62% 73 6.26% 1,166
Weakley 900 38.12% 1,335 56.54% 126 5.34% 2,361
White 763 51.66% 686 46.45% 28 1.90% 1,477
Williamson 1,587 65.69% 797 32.99% 32 1.32% 2,416
Wilson 2,223 64.40% 1,166 33.78% 63 1.83% 3,452
Total 69,710 47.70% 65,053 44.51% 11,384 7.79% 146,147

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.
  2. ^ Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.
  3. ^ Vote of Cheatham County included in Davidson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 298–304. ISBN 0786422173.
  2. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results — Tennessee".
  3. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  4. ^ Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.