1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 6, 1860


Nominee	John Breckenridge	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

Breckenridge

40-50%

50-60%

60-70%

Bell

40-50%

50-60%

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James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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Question P

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.

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

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


County	John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Stephen A. Douglas		Abraham Lincoln Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[2]
Allegany	979	23.17%	1521	36.00%	1203	28.47%	522	12.36%			4225
Anne Arundel	1017	47.11%	1041	48.22%	98	4.54%	3	0.14%			2159
Baltimore (City)	14956	49.61%	12604	41.81%	1503	4.99%	1083	3.59%			30146
Baltimore (County)	3305	46.04%	3388	47.19%	449	6.25%	37	0.52%			7179
Calvert	386	46.56%	399	48.13%	43	5.19%	1	0.12%			829
Caroline	616	42.75%	712	49.44%	100	6.94%	12	0.83%			1440
Carroll	1791	39.94%	2295	51.18%	339	7.56%	59	1.32%			4484
Cecil	1506	39.13%	1792	46.56%	393	10.21%	158	4.10%			3849
Charles	723	60.40%	430	35.92%	38	3.17%	6	0.50%			1197
Dorchester	1176	46.91%	1265	50.46%	31	1.24%	35	1.40%			2507
Frederick	3167	43.20%	3616	49.32%	445	6.07%	103	1.40%			7331
Harford	1527	42.99%	1862	52.42%	82	2.31%	81	2.28%			3552
Howard	530	34.19%	830	53.55%	189	12.19%	1	0.06%			1550
Kent	694	41.76%	852	51.26%	74	4.45%	42	2.53%			1662
Montgomery	1125	46.32%	1155	47.55%	99	4.08%	50	2.06%			2429
Prince George's	1048	53.01%	885	44.76%	43	2.18%	1	0.05%			1977
Queen Anne's	879	46.91%	908	48.45%	87	4.64%	0	0.00%			1874
St. Mary's	920	67.06%	261	19.02%	190	13.85%	1	0.07%			1372
Somerset	1339	45.14%	1536	51.79%	89	3.00%	2	0.07%			2966
Talbot	898	50.14%	793	44.28%	98	5.47%	2	0.11%			1791
Washington	2475	45.66%	2567	47.36%	283	5.22%	95	1.75%			5420
Worcester	1425	55.60%	1048	40.89%	90	3.51%	0	0.00%			2563
Total	42482	45.93%	41760	45.14%	5966	6.45%	2294	2.40%			92502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic

Baltimore (city)

References

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

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(← 1856) 1860 United States presidential election (1864 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Abraham Lincoln Vice President: Hannibal Hamlin
Other candidates	Edward Bates Simon Cameron Salmon P. Chase William L. Dayton John McLean William H. Seward Benjamin Wade

Democratic Party (Southern)
(Convention)

Nominees	President: John C. Breckinridge (incumbent VP) Vice President: Joseph Lane
Other candidates	Daniel S. Dickinson

Constitutional Union Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: John Bell Vice President: Edward Everett
Other candidates	John J. Crittenden William A. Graham Sam Houston William C. Rives

Democratic Party (Northern)
(Conventions)

Nominees	President: Stephen A. Douglas Vice President: Herschel V. Johnson
Other candidates	Daniel S. Dickinson James Guthrie Robert M. T. Hunter Andrew Johnson

Other 1860 elections: House
Senate

v t e Elections in Maryland
General	1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1982 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Governor	1857 1861 1864 1867 1871 1875 1879 1883 1887 1891 1895 1899 1903 1907 1911 1915 1919 1923 1926 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 (sp) 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
State Senate	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
House of Delegates	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
U.S. President	1788 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
U.S. Senate	1788 1790 1791 1793 1793 (sp) 1795 1796 1796 (sp) 1797 (sp) 1800 (sp) 1801 (sp) 1802 1806 1806 (sp) 1808 1809 1813 (sp) 1816 (sp) 1819 1819 (sp) 1821 1822 (sp) 1825 1826 (sp) 1827 1831 1833 1835 (sp) 1836 (sp) 1837 1838 (sp) 1839 1839 (sp) 1841 (sp) 1843 1849 1850 (sp) 1851 1855 1861 1864 (sp) 1865 (sp) 1868 (sp) 1874 1880 1884 1886 1890 1892 1892 (sp) 1896 1898 1902 1904 1908 1908 (sp) 1910 1913 (sp) 1914 1916 1920 1922 1926 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1970 1974 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016 2018 2022 2024
U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1798 1803 1806 1822 1826 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1844 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Attorney General	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Comptroller	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County Executive	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County offices	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
See also: Political party strength in Maryland