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 of Tennessee and his running mate 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 3.85%.
The Republican Party and its candidate Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state.
Results
Results by county +1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina (by county)CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticTotal votescast#%#%#%Alamance53643.47%66153.61%362.92%1,233Alexander40346.00%47153.77%20.23%876Anson24521.82%87177.56%70.62%1,123Ashe22924.18%71775.71%10.11%947Beaufort54932.82%1,08264.67%422.51%1,673Bertie39939.39%59758.93%171.68%1,013Brunswick32645.72%38654.14%10.14%713Burke47051.03%44748.53%40.43%921Buncombe66246.75%70549.79%493.46%1,416Cabarrus44534.96%81063.63%181.41%1,273Caldwell22933.33%44965.36%91.31%687Camden8313.97%50384.68%81.35%594Carteret37043.38%44151.70%424.92%853Caswell99479.90%23719.05%131.05%1,244Catawba87874.22%30225.53%30.25%1,183Chatham60434.17%97054.86%19410.97%1,768Cherokee45939.88%67758.82%151.30%1,151Chowan23950.74%19441.19%388.07%471Cleveland1,09184.77%19615.23%00.00%1,287Columbus72368.79%32230.64%60.57%1,051Craven49237.64%69353.02%1229.33%1,307Cumberland87955.49%67042.30%352.21%1,584Currituck59590.02%669.98%00.00%661Davidson72837.74%1,18661.48%150.78%1,929Davie32932.87%64164.04%313.10%1,001Duplin1,38090.08%1499.73%30.20%1,532Edgecombe1,78989.36%1969.79%170.85%2,002Forsyth82544.35%96551.88%703.76%1,860Franklin75969.57%31829.15%141.28%1,091Gaston82681.54%13112.93%565.53%1,013Gates33845.43%39452.96%121.61%744Granville87047.78%86847.67%834.56%1,821Greene38153.89%32646.11%00.00%707Guilford30413.45%1,83881.33%1185.22%2,260Halifax75757.13%54641.21%221.66%1,325Harnett54271.50%13818.21%7810.29%758Haywood36758.44%24839.49%132.07%628Henderson42545.95%49653.62%40.43%925Hertford24635.96%41861.11%202.92%684Hyde39546.09%45953.56%30.35%857Iredell32816.53%1,62581.91%311.56%1,984Jackson40373.94%14226.06%00.00%545Johnston97459.25%63038.32%402.43%1,644Jones19752.96%16544.35%102.69%372Lenoir53361.19%31736.39%212.41%871Lincoln47365.60%24333.70%50.69%721Macon22131.44%46966.71%131.85%703Martin75167.90%33330.11%221.99%1,106McDowell27644.09%34955.75%10.16%626Mecklenburg1,10153.39%82640.06%1356.55%2,062Montgomery10212.29%72587.35%30.36%830Moore29928.05%58855.16%17916.79%1,066Nash1,32395.11%644.60%40.29%1,391New Hanover1,61770.73%66429.05%50.22%2,286Northampton65454.36%50642.06%433.57%1,203Onslow78181.52%15315.97%242.51%958Orange78743.36%95652.67%723.97%1,815Pasquotank23931.00%47761.87%557.13%771Perquimans23440.41%34158.89%40.69%579Person42046.05%48352.96%90.99%912Pitt73150.45%71049.00%80.55%1,449Polk27069.41%11830.33%10.26%389Randolph32120.20%1,22477.03%442.77%1,589Richmond26932.93%54466.59%40.49%817Robeson72047.94%64843.14%1348.92%1,502Rockingham1,01761.12%48529.15%1629.74%1,664Rowan1,02649.76%1,02349.61%130.63%2,062Rutherford69558.26%49541.49%30.25%1,193Sampson97964.66%52934.94%60.40%1,514Stanly535.32%93493.78%90.90%996Stokes74563.30%43236.70%00.00%1,177Surry81160.48%50237.43%282.09%1,341Tyrrell7719.30%30075.19%225.51%399Union85869.08%37930.52%50.40%1,242Wake1,21646.38%1,13043.10%27610.53%2,622Warren89986.19%13813.23%60.58%1,043Watauga14731.34%32268.66%00.00%469Washington15925.81%41367.05%447.14%616Wayne1,35984.46%23914.85%110.68%1,609Wilkes36321.53%1,32378.47%00.00%1,686Yadkin49536.40%84261.91%231.69%1,360Yancey50064.18%27535.30%40.51%779Total48,53950.44%44,99046.75%2,7012.81%96,230
See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina
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