1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Delaware

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware

Election in Delaware

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

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Delaware 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 Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett, Republican candidate Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine as well as 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 21.41%.

The Republicans ran a slate of electors for Lincoln, but did not nominate any candidates for other federal and state offices. The party instead endorsed the candidates of the People's Party, an anti-Democratic coalition that supported the Republican presidential ticket.[1]

Results

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Results by county

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware[3]
County John Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

 John Bell

Constitutional Union

 Abraham Lincoln

Republican

 Stephen Douglas

Democratic

 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Kent 2,081 51.78% 720 17.91% 1,075 26.75% 143 3.56% 1,006* 25.03% 4,019
New Castle 3,004 40.75% 1,576 21.38% 2,073 28.12% 719 9.75% 931* 12.63% 7,372
Sussex 2,254 47.71% 1,592 33.70% 674 14.27% 204 4.32% 662 14.01% 4,724
Total: 7,339 45.54% 3,888 24.13% 3,822 23.72% 1,066 6.61% 3,451 21.41% 16,115

*In this county where Lincoln ran ahead of Bell, margin given is Breckinridge vote minus Lincoln vote and percentage margin Breckinridge percentage minus Lincoln percentage.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Abbott 1986, p. 17.
  2. [2]
    "1860 Presidential Election Results Delaware".
  3. [3]
    Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. p. 320.

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