1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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The 1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Carolina was won by 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. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell Tennessee and his running mate 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a margin of 3.85%.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Democratic | John C. Breckinridge | 48,846 | 50.51% | |
| Constitutional Union | John Bell | 45,129 | 46.66% | |
| Democratic | Stephen A. Douglas | 2,737 | 2.83% | |
| Total votes | 96,712 | 100% | ||
Results By County
[edit]| County | John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic |
John Bell
Constitutional Union |
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic |
Total Votes Cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alamance | 536 | 43.47% | 661 | 53.61% | 36 | 2.92% | 1,233 |
| Alexander | 403 | 46.00% | 471 | 53.77% | 2 | 0.23% | 876 |
| Anson | 245 | 21.82% | 871 | 77.56% | 7 | 0.62% | 1,123 |
| Ashe | 229 | 24.18% | 717 | 75.71% | 1 | 0.11% | 947 |
| Beaufort | 549 | 32.82% | 1,082 | 64.67% | 42 | 2.51% | 1,673 |
| Bertie | 399 | 39.39% | 597 | 58.93% | 17 | 1.68% | 1,013 |
| Brunswick | 326 | 45.72% | 386 | 54.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 713 |
| Burke | 470 | 51.03% | 447 | 48.53% | 4 | 0.43% | 921 |
| Buncombe | 662 | 46.75% | 705 | 49.79% | 49 | 3.46% | 1,416 |
| Cabarrus | 445 | 34.96% | 810 | 63.63% | 18 | 1.41% | 1,273 |
| Caldwell | 229 | 33.33% | 449 | 65.36% | 9 | 1.31% | 687 |
| Camden | 83 | 13.97% | 503 | 84.68% | 8 | 1.35% | 594 |
| Carteret | 370 | 43.38% | 441 | 51.70% | 42 | 4.92% | 853 |
| Caswell | 994 | 79.90% | 237 | 19.05% | 13 | 1.05% | 1,244 |
| Catawba | 878 | 74.22% | 302 | 25.53% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,183 |
| Chatham | 604 | 34.17% | 970 | 54.86% | 194 | 10.97% | 1,768 |
| Cherokee | 459 | 39.88% | 677 | 58.82% | 15 | 1.30% | 1,151 |
| Chowan | 239 | 50.74% | 194 | 41.19% | 38 | 8.07% | 471 |
| Cleveland | 1,091 | 84.77% | 196 | 15.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,287 |
| Columbus | 723 | 68.79% | 322 | 30.64% | 6 | 0.57% | 1,051 |
| Craven | 492 | 37.64% | 693 | 53.02% | 122 | 9.33% | 1,307 |
| Cumberland | 879 | 55.49% | 670 | 42.30% | 35 | 2.21% | 1,584 |
| Currituck | 595 | 90.02% | 66 | 9.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 661 |
| Davidson | 728 | 37.74% | 1,186 | 61.48% | 15 | 0.78% | 1,929 |
| Davie | 329 | 32.87% | 641 | 64.04% | 31 | 3.10% | 1,001 |
| Duplin | 1,380 | 90.08% | 149 | 9.73% | 3 | 0.20% | 1,532 |
| Edgecombe[b] | 1,789 | 89.36% | 196 | 9.79% | 17 | 0.85% | 2,002 |
| Forsyth | 825 | 44.35% | 965 | 51.88% | 70 | 3.76% | 1,860 |
| Franklin | 759 | 69.57% | 318 | 29.15% | 14 | 1.28% | 1,091 |
| Gaston | 826 | 81.54% | 131 | 12.93% | 56 | 5.53% | 1,013 |
| Gates | 338 | 45.43% | 394 | 52.96% | 12 | 1.61% | 744 |
| Granville | 870 | 47.78% | 868 | 47.67% | 83 | 4.56% | 1,821 |
| Greene | 381 | 53.89% | 326 | 46.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 707 |
| Guilford | 304 | 13.45% | 1,838 | 81.33% | 118 | 5.22% | 2,260 |
| Halifax | 757 | 57.13% | 546 | 41.21% | 22 | 1.66% | 1,325 |
| Harnett | 542 | 71.50% | 138 | 18.21% | 78 | 10.29% | 758 |
| Haywood | 367 | 58.44% | 248 | 39.49% | 13 | 2.07% | 628 |
| Henderson | 425 | 45.95% | 496 | 53.62% | 4 | 0.43% | 925 |
| Hertford | 246 | 35.96% | 418 | 61.11% | 20 | 2.92% | 684 |
| Hyde | 395 | 46.09% | 459 | 53.56% | 3 | 0.35% | 857 |
| Iredell | 328 | 16.53% | 1,625 | 81.91% | 31 | 1.56% | 1,984 |
| Jackson | 403 | 73.94% | 142 | 26.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 545 |
| Johnston | 974 | 59.25% | 630 | 38.32% | 40 | 2.43% | 1,644 |
| Jones | 197 | 52.96% | 165 | 44.35% | 10 | 2.69% | 372 |
| Lenoir | 533 | 61.19% | 317 | 36.39% | 21 | 2.41% | 871 |
| Lincoln | 473 | 65.60% | 243 | 33.70% | 5 | 0.69% | 721 |
| Macon | 221 | 31.44% | 469 | 66.71% | 13 | 1.85% | 703 |
| Martin | 751 | 67.90% | 333 | 30.11% | 22 | 1.99% | 1,106 |
| McDowell | 276 | 44.09% | 349 | 55.75% | 1 | 0.16% | 626 |
| Mecklenburg | 1,101 | 53.39% | 826 | 40.06% | 135 | 6.55% | 2,062 |
| Montgomery | 102 | 12.29% | 725 | 87.35% | 3 | 0.36% | 830 |
| Moore | 299 | 28.05% | 588 | 55.16% | 179 | 16.79% | 1,066 |
| Nash | 1,323 | 95.11% | 64 | 4.60% | 4 | 0.29% | 1,391 |
| New Hanover | 1,617 | 70.73% | 664 | 29.05% | 5 | 0.22% | 2,286 |
| Northampton | 654 | 54.36% | 506 | 42.06% | 43 | 3.57% | 1,203 |
| Onslow | 781 | 81.52% | 153 | 15.97% | 24 | 2.51% | 958 |
| Orange | 787 | 43.36% | 956 | 52.67% | 72 | 3.97% | 1,815 |
| Pasquotank | 239 | 31.00% | 477 | 61.87% | 55 | 7.13% | 771 |
| Perquimans | 234 | 40.41% | 341 | 58.89% | 4 | 0.69% | 579 |
| Person | 420 | 46.05% | 483 | 52.96% | 9 | 0.99% | 912 |
| Pitt | 731 | 50.45% | 710 | 49.00% | 8 | 0.55% | 1,449 |
| Polk | 270 | 69.41% | 118 | 30.33% | 1 | 0.26% | 389 |
| Randolph | 321 | 20.20% | 1,224 | 77.03% | 44 | 2.77% | 1,589 |
| Richmond | 269 | 32.93% | 544 | 66.59% | 4 | 0.49% | 817 |
| Robeson | 720 | 47.94% | 648 | 43.14% | 134 | 8.92% | 1,502 |
| Rockingham | 1,017 | 61.12% | 485 | 29.15% | 162 | 9.74% | 1,664 |
| Rowan | 1,026 | 49.76% | 1,023 | 49.61% | 13 | 0.63% | 2,062 |
| Rutherford | 695 | 58.26% | 495 | 41.49% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,193 |
| Sampson | 979 | 64.66% | 529 | 34.94% | 6 | 0.40% | 1,514 |
| Stanly | 53 | 5.32% | 934 | 93.78% | 9 | 0.90% | 996 |
| Stokes | 745 | 63.30% | 432 | 36.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,177 |
| Surry | 811 | 60.48% | 502 | 37.43% | 28 | 2.09% | 1,341 |
| Tyrrell | 77 | 19.30% | 300 | 75.19% | 22 | 5.51% | 399 |
| Union | 858 | 69.08% | 379 | 30.52% | 5 | 0.40% | 1,242 |
| Wake | 1,216 | 46.38% | 1,130 | 43.10% | 276 | 10.53% | 2,622 |
| Warren | 899 | 86.19% | 138 | 13.23% | 6 | 0.58% | 1,043 |
| Watauga | 147 | 31.34% | 322 | 68.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 469 |
| Washington | 159 | 25.81% | 413 | 67.05% | 44 | 7.14% | 616 |
| Wayne | 1,359 | 84.46% | 239 | 14.85% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,609 |
| Wilkes | 363 | 21.53% | 1,323 | 78.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,686 |
| Yadkin | 495 | 36.40% | 842 | 61.91% | 23 | 1.69% | 1,360 |
| Yancey | 500 | 64.18% | 275 | 35.30% | 4 | 0.51% | 779 |
| Total | 48,539 | 50.44% | 44,990 | 46.75% | 2,701 | 2.81% | 96,230 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results — North Carolina".
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
