The 1860 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by the Constitutional Union nominee Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated the Southern Democratic nominee Vice President of the United States and Kentucky native John C. Breckinridge and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon as well as Democratic nominee 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson, with 17.54% of the popular vote. Bell won the state by a margin of 8.83%.
Despite Republican candidate and former Illinois representative Abraham 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. Additionally, he failed to win LaRue County, the location of his birth. , this is the last election in which Clay County and Owsley County voted for a Democratic candidate.
Lincoln's support came from German-Americans and the mountainous counties.
Results
Results By County +1860 United States Presidential Election in Kentucky (by county)CountyJohn BellConstitutional UnionJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticStephen A. DouglasDemocraticAbraham LincolnRepublicanTotal votescast#%#%#%#%Adair 40336.40%34831.44%35532.07%10.09%1,107Allen 50744.47%22920.09%40435.44%00.00%1,140Anderson29626.96%67061.02%13212.02%00.00%1,098Ballard 48139.92%45237.51%27122.49%10.08%1,205Barren 1,08657.74%28915.36%49226.16%140.74%1,881Bath 69440.47%87851.20%1438.34%00.00%1,715Boone 88147.65%73939.97%22812.33%10.05%1,849Bourbon 96655.11%75543.07%291.65%30.17%1,753Boyd 48860.10%19123.52%11514.16%182.22%812Boyle 69764.36%33130.56%524.80%30.28%1,083Bracken 88149.63%64436.28%24613.86%40.23%1,775Breathitt 11319.72%45980.10%10.17%00.00%573Breckinridge 95658.94%28117.32%38223.55%30.18%1,622Bullitt 45145.42%969.67%44444.71%20.20%993Butler 50052.91%11912.59%32133.97%50.53%945Caldwell 44640.00%61855.43%484.30%30.27%1,115Calloway 27421.14%90469.75%1189.10%00.00%1,296Campbell 85432.25%52019.64%96036.25%31411.86%2,648Carroll 43640.45%57253.06%706.49%00.00%1,078Carter 30128.29%61657.89%14613.72%10.09%1,064Casey 54158.36%17618.99%20221.79%80.86%927Christian 95452.05%41122.42%46725.48%10.05%1,833Clark 95967.97%39127.71%604.25%10.07%1,411Clay 34142.31%35343.80%10813.40%40.50%806Clinton 26136.71%19227.00%25535.86%30.42%711Crittenden 55344.20%63050.36%675.36%10.08%1,251Cumberland58467.51%829.48%19222.20%70.81%865Daviess 1,07447.42%65428.87%53023.40%70.31%2,265Edmonson 18535.85%17934.69%13726.55%152.91%516Estill 43342.45%51250.20%191.86%565.49%1,020Fayette 1,41154.99%1,05140.96%993.86%50.19%2,566Fleming 90749.40%82745.04%1005.45%20.11%1,836Floyd649.51%60990.49%00.00%00.00%673Franklin 79045.56%90752.31%372.13%00.00%1,734Fulton 30042.02%30743.00%10714.99%00.00%714Gallatin 38345.76%42050.18%344.06%00.00%837Garrard 73066.91%19517.87%14513.29%211.92%1,091Grant 67745.19%70947.33%1127.48%00.00%1,498Graves 66032.59%1,22560.49%1406.91%00.00%2,025Grayson 49744.73%38734.83%21919.71%80.72%1,111Green42042.99%36737.56%18819.24%20.20%977Greenup 79564.22%35028.27%897.19%40.32%1,238Hancock 39744.51%42747.87%657.29%30.34%892Hardin 1,02949.21%1446.89%91243.62%60.29%2,091Harlan 32954.92%26444.07%40.67%20.33%599Harrison 96041.20%1,27254.59%984.21%00.00%2,330Hart 53537.15%15310.63%75152.15%10.07%1,440Henderson84654.23%49831.92%21113.53%50.32%1,560Henry 67236.58%77342.08%39021.23%20.11%1,837Hickman 28429.31%61863.78%666.81%10.10%969Hopkins 73146.56%66642.42%17110.89%20.13%1,570Jackson 14035.90%13634.87%133.33%10125.90%390Jefferson 4,89651.19%1,12211.73%3,44135.97%1061.11%9,565Jessamine 60350.17%55946.51%373.08%30.25%1,202Johnson 223.30%61892.79%263.90%00.00%666Kenton 1,32737.32%65018.28%1,31236.90%2677.51%3,556Knox 57966.02%21124.06%768.67%111.25%877LaRue40145.26%323.61%45050.79%30.34%886Laurel38549.81%37047.87%81.03%101.29%773Lawrence 43345.20%51553.76%101.04%00.00%958Letcher 9124.40%28175.34%10.27%00.00%373Lewis 50645.54%50145.09%736.57%312.79%1,111Lincoln 74361.97%38031.69%726.01%40.33%1,199Livingston 46050.77%35038.63%9610.60%00.00%906Logan 1,49074.35%1698.43%34217.07%30.15%2,004Lyon 30440.75%43157.77%111.47%00.00%746Madison 1,03849.59%91443.67%562.68%854.06%2,093Magoffin 17335.45%31163.73%40.82%00.00%488Marion 47528.61%28116.93%90454.46%00.00%1,660Marshall 17616.30%79773.80%1079.91%00.00%1,080Mason1,30554.90%79933.61%24710.39%261.09%2,377McCracken 71057.17%24419.65%28022.54%80.64%1,242McLean 24245.15%13224.63%16230.22%00.00%536Meade 66459.18%15213.55%30527.18%10.09%1,122Mercer 60833.30%99254.33%22412.27%20.11%1,826Metcalfe 52765.79%344.24%23729.59%30.37%801Monroe 49451.30%32433.64%14214.75%30.31%963Montgomery54050.09%48945.36%494.55%00.00%1,078Morgan 18919.59%77680.41%00.00%00.00%965Muhlenberg 74154.77%513.77%55741.17%40.30%1,353Nelson 60938.47%33321.04%64140.49%00.00%1,583Nicholas 69040.47%98857.95%261.52%10.06%1,705Ohio 67746.31%20113.75%58239.81%20.14%1,462Oldham 37239.74%29931.94%26328.10%20.21%936Owen 53923.01%1,76075.15%431.84%00.00%2,342Owsley 33046.74%37052.41%50.71%10.14%706Pendleton 75842.16%80744.88%23112.85%20.11%1,798Perry12830.12%29368.94%30.71%10.47%425Pike739.11%72690.64%10.12%10.12%801Powell 16146.13%18452.72%41.15%00.00%349Pulaski 87742.04%1,09852.64%562.68%552.64%2,086Rockcastle 37453.13%25736.51%91.28%649.09%704Rowan 12136.34%18956.76%236.91%00.00%333Russell 42755.10%29938.58%486.19%10.13%775Scott73437.56%1,17660.18%442.25%00.00%1,954Shelby 1,17658.86%59429.73%22811.41%00.00%1,998Simpson 40444.06%31934.79%19421.16%00.00%917Spencer 33445.63%9412.84%30441.53%00.00%732Taylor 31233.88%15116.40%45749.62%10.11%921Todd64260.17%27425.68%14713.78%40.37%1,067Trigg 62343.05%64644.64%17712.23%10.07%1,447Trimble 25827.92%58162.88%849.09%10.11%924Union65141.36%46429.48%45929.16%00.00%1,574Warren 1,12658.46%1829.45%61531.93%30.16%1,926Washington 31826.09%29023.79%61050.04%10.08%1,219Wayne 60346.03%69553.05%70.53%50.38%1,310Webster 20521.44%57560.15%17618.41%00.00%956Whitley 51960.49%31837.06%141.63%70.82%858Wolfe 10923.64%35276.36%00.00%00.00%461Woodford 63352.93%54745.74%161.34%00.00%1,196Total66,05845.18%53,14336.35%25,64117.54%1,3640.93%146,206
See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky
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