1860 United States presidential election in Illinois

The 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

November 6, 1860


Nominee	Abraham Lincoln	Stephen A. Douglas
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Illinois	Illinois
Running mate	Hannibal Hamlin	Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote	11	0
Popular vote	172,171	160,215
Percentage	50.69%	47.17%

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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Illinois was won by the former congressman Abraham Lincoln (Whig–Illinois), running as a Republican with Senator Hannibal Hamlin, with 50.69% of the popular vote, against Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D–Illinois), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 47.17% of the popular vote.

Liberty Party (under the name Union Party[1]) candidate Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio.[2]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Illinois[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Abraham Lincoln of Illinois	Hannibal Hamlin of Maine	172,171	50.69%	11	100.00%
	Democratic	Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois	Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia	160,215	47.17%	0	0.00%
	Constitutional Union	John Bell of Tennessee	Edward Everett of Massachusetts	4,914	1.45%	0	0.00%
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky	Joseph Lane of Oregon	2,331	0.69%	0	0.00%
	Liberty	Gerrit Smith of New York	Samuel McFarland of Pennsylvania	35	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				339,666	100.00%	11	100.00%

References

"US President - Liberty (Union) National Convention". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2008.
"RADICAL ABOLITION NATIONAL CONVENTION". Douglass' Monthly. October 1860. p. 352.
"1860 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois".

State results of the 1860 U.S. presidential election
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1860 United States presidential election in Illinois

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