1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

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

1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee John Breckinridge John Bell Stephen A. Douglas
Party Southern Democratic Constitutional Union Democratic
Home state Kentucky Tennessee Illinois
Running mate Joseph Lane Edward Everett Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 42,482 41,760 5,966
Percentage 45.93% 45.14% 6.45%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Maryland 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 the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as 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 0.79%.

Despite coming in a distant fourth place with 2,294 votes Abraham Lincoln did receive over 2,000 more votes than John C. Frémont received in 1856 and would later win the state in 1864 with 55% of the vote.

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Maryland[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 42,482 45.93%
Constitutional Union John Bell 41,760 45.14%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 5,966 6.45%
Republican Abraham Lincoln 2,294 2.48%
Total votes 92,502 100%

Results by county

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County John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

John Bell

Constitutional Union

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Margin Total

Votes

Cast [2]

# % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 979 23.17% 1,521 36.00% 1,203 28.47% 522 12.36% -318 -7.53% 4,225
Anne Arundel 1,017 47.11% 1,041 48.22% 98 4.54% 3 0.14% -24 -1.11% 2,159
Baltimore (City) 14,956 49.61% 12,604 41.81% 1,503 4.99% 1,083 3.59% 2,352 7.80% 30,146
Baltimore (County) 3,305 46.04% 3,388 47.19% 449 6.25% 37 0.52% -83 -1.15% 7,179
Calvert 386 46.56% 399 48.13% 43 5.19% 1 0.12% -13 -1.57% 829
Caroline 616 42.75% 712 49.44% 100 6.94% 12 0.83% -96 -6.69% 1,440
Carroll 1,791 39.94% 2,295 51.18% 339 7.56% 59 1.32% -504 -11.24% 4,484
Cecil 1,506 39.13% 1,792 46.56% 393 10.21% 158 4.10% -286 -7.43% 3,849
Charles 723 60.40% 430 35.92% 38 3.17% 6 0.50% 293 24.48% 1,197
Dorchester 1,176 46.91% 1,265 50.46% 31 1.24% 35 1.40% -89 -3.55% 2,507
Frederick 3,167 43.20% 3,616 49.32% 445 6.07% 103 1.40% -449 -6.12% 7,331
Harford 1,527 42.99% 1,862 52.42% 82 2.31% 81 2.28% -335 -9.43% 3,552
Howard 530 34.19% 830 53.55% 189 12.19% 1 0.06% -300 -19.36% 1,550
Kent 694 41.76% 852 51.26% 74 4.45% 42 2.53% -158 -9.50% 1,662
Montgomery 1,125 46.32% 1,155 47.55% 99 4.08% 50 2.06% -30 -1.23% 2,429
Prince George's 1,048 53.01% 885 44.76% 43 2.18% 1 0.05% 163 8.25% 1,977
Queen Anne's 879 46.91% 908 48.45% 87 4.64% 0 0.00% -29 -1.54% 1,874
St. Mary's 920 67.06% 261 19.02% 190 13.85% 1 0.07% 659 48.04% 1,372
Somerset 1,339 45.14% 1,536 51.79% 89 3.00% 2 0.07% -197 -6.65% 2,966
Talbot 898 50.14% 793 44.28% 98 5.47% 2 0.11% 105 5.86% 1,791
Washington 2,475 45.66% 2,567 47.36% 283 5.22% 95 1.75% -92 -1.70% 5,420
Worcester 1,425 55.60% 1,048 40.89% 90 3.51% 0 0.00% 377 14.71% 2,563
Totals: 42,482 45.93% 41,760 45.14% 5,966 6.45% 2,294 2.40% 722 0.79% 92,502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

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Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

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Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
  2. ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.