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1860 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1860 United States presidential election in Iowa

← 1856 November 6, 1860 1864 →
 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A. Douglas
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois Illinois
Running mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 70,302 55,639
Percentage 54.61% 43.22%

County Results

President before election

James Buchanan
Democratic

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

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

Iowa was won by the Republican nominees Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the Democratic nominees Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 11.39%.

Results

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1860 United States presidential election in Iowa[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abraham Lincoln 70,302 54.61%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas 55,639 43.22%
Constitutional Union John Bell 1,763 1.37%
Southern Democratic John C. Breckinridge 1,035 0.80%
Total votes 128,739 100%

Results By County

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1860 United States Presidential Election in Iowa (By County)[2][3]
County Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

Various Candidates

Other Parties

Total Votes Cast
# % # % # %
Adair 42 47.73% 44 50.00% 2 2.27% 88
Adams 161 63.64% 92 36.36% 0 0.00% 253
Allamakee 1,185 50.43% 1,151 48.98% 14 0.60% 2,350
Appanoose 853 39.90% 1,224 57.25% 61 2.85% 2,138
Audubon 48 44.86% 59 55.14% 0 0.00% 107
Benton 1,028 58.44% 724 41.16% 7 0.40% 1,759
Black Hawk 1,122 66.00% 557 32.76% 21 1.24% 1,700
Boone 365 44.95% 446 54.93% 1 0.12% 812
Bremer 543 53.50% 454 44.73% 18 1.77% 1,015
Butler 483 66.16% 246 33.70% 1 0.14% 730
Buchanan 962 60.35% 621 38.96% 11 0.69% 1,594
Buena Vista 6 50.00% 6 50.00% 0 0.00% 12
Calhoun 19 48.72% 20 51.28% 0 0.00% 39
Carroll 25 49.02% 26 50.98% 0 0.00% 51
Cass 167 54.22% 136 44.16% 5 1.62% 308
Cedar 1,548 60.83% 963 37.84% 34 1.34% 2,545
Cerro Gordo 157 69.78% 59 26.22% 9 4.00% 225
Cherokee 10 76.92% 3 23.08% 0 0.00% 13
Chickasaw 550 64.18% 306 35.71% 1 0.12% 857
Clay 8 38.10% 13 61.90% 0 0.00% 21
Clarke 592 57.09% 445 42.91% 0 0.00% 1,037
Clayton 2,089 56.74% 1,574 42.75% 19 0.52% 3,682
Clinton 1,974 56.00% 1,450 41.13% 101 2.87% 3,525
Crawford 47 60.26% 31 39.74% 0 0.00% 78
Dallas 612 57.90% 433 40.96% 12 1.14% 1,057
Davis 843 33.48% 1,424 56.55% 251 9.97% 2,518
Decatur 680 42.79% 898 56.51% 11 0.69% 1,589
Delaware 1,268 60.96% 789 37.93% 23 1.11% 2,080
Des Moines 1,997 52.01% 1,677 43.67% 166 4.32% 3,840
Dickinson 46 86.79% 7 13.21% 0 0.00% 53
Dubuque 2,092 39.70% 3,059 58.05% 119 2.26% 5,270
Emmet 36 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 36
Fayette 1,527 64.51% 835 35.28% 5 0.21% 2,367
Floyd 560 71.43% 201 25.64% 23 2.93% 784
Franklin 228 76.77% 69 23.23% 0 0.00% 297
Fremont 402 40.85% 516 52.44% 66 6.71% 984
Greene 121 45.49% 145 54.51% 0 0.00% 266
Grundy 141 88.13% 19 11.88% 0 0.00% 160
Guthrie 326 51.58% 306 48.42% 0 0.00% 632
Hamilton 224 66.08% 100 29.50% 15 4.42% 339
Hancock 29 87.88% 4 12.12% 0 0.00% 33
Harrison 385 51.40% 357 47.66% 7 0.93% 749
Hardin 713 64.82% 382 34.73% 5 0.45% 1,100
Henry 2,148 65.49% 1,066 32.50% 66 2.01% 3,280
Howard 386 58.57% 273 41.43% 0 0.00% 659
Humboldt 55 75.34% 8 10.96% 10 13.70% 73
Ida 4 40.00% 6 60.00% 0 0.00% 10
Iowa 782 53.02% 682 46.24% 11 0.75% 1,475
Jackson 1,574 50.18% 1,505 47.98% 58 1.85% 3,137
Jasper 1,208 62.85% 650 33.82% 64 3.33% 1,922
Jefferson 1,463 53.20% 1,245 45.27% 42 1.53% 2,750
Johnson 1,804 53.23% 1,448 42.73% 137 4.04% 3,389
Jones 1,453 56.45% 1,097 42.62% 24 0.93% 2,574
Keokuk 1,330 52.34% 1,195 47.03% 16 0.63% 2,541
Kossuth 64 78.05% 18 21.95% 0 0.00% 82
Lee 2,617 48.41% 2,632 48.69% 157 2.90% 5,406
Linn 2,226 61.51% 1,289 35.62% 104 2.87% 3,619
Louisa 586 52.84% 483 43.55% 40 3.61% 1,109
Lucas 1,309 63.67% 739 35.94% 8 0.39% 2,056
Madison 737 48.52% 764 50.30% 18 1.18% 1,519
Mahaska 1,639 54.82% 1,332 44.55% 19 0.64% 2,990
Marion 1,508 47.87% 1,607 51.02% 35 1.11% 3,150
Marshall 854 67.09% 403 31.66% 16 1.26% 1,273
Mills 441 55.96% 327 41.50% 20 2.54% 788
Mitchell 594 76.94% 172 22.28% 6 0.78% 772
Monona 109 54.50% 89 44.50% 2 1.00% 200
Monroe 879 53.24% 749 45.37% 23 1.39% 1,651
Montgomery 152 62.04% 81 33.06% 12 4.90% 245
Muscatine 1,840 55.44% 1,285 38.72% 194 5.85% 3,319
O'Brien 8 38.10% 10 47.62% 3 14.29% 21
Page 469 59.29% 290 36.66% 32 4.05% 791
Palo Alto 4 12.12% 29 87.88% 0 0.00% 33
Plymouth 32 84.21% 6 15.79% 0 0.00% 38
Pocahontas 31 75.61% 10 24.39% 0 0.00% 41
Polk 1,303 53.49% 1,074 44.09% 59 2.42% 2,436
Pottawattamie 413 46.77% 410 46.43% 60 6.80% 883
Poweshuck 721 59.73% 484 40.10% 2 0.17% 1,207
Ringgold 348 65.29% 182 34.15% 3 0.56% 533
Sac 15 27.78% 39 72.22% 0 0.00% 54
Scott 2,739 63.55% 1,377 31.95% 194 4.50% 4,310
Shelby 100 60.98% 64 39.02% 0 0.00% 164
Sioux 3 20.00% 10 66.67% 2 13.33% 15
Story 418 55.66% 333 44.34% 0 0.00% 751
Tama 775 64.96% 413 34.62% 5 0.42% 1,193
Taylor 353 58.06% 248 40.79% 7 1.15% 608
Union 198 48.77% 208 51.23% 0 0.00% 406
Van Buren 1,667 50.59% 1,552 47.10% 76 2.31% 3,295
Wapello 1,399 44.48% 1,686 53.61% 60 1.91% 3,145
Warren 1,152 57.92% 795 39.97% 42 2.11% 1,989
Washington 1,721 60.32% 1,052 36.87% 80 2.80% 2,853
Wayne 579 46.81% 648 52.38% 10 0.81% 1,237
Webster 253 49.22% 207 40.27% 54 10.51% 514
Winneshiek 1,382 63.92% 780 36.08% 0 0.00% 2,162
Winnebago 24 53.33% 21 46.67% 0 0.00% 45
Woodbury 129 49.81% 117 45.17% 13 5.02% 259
Worth 109 78.42% 30 21.58% 0 0.00% 139
Wright[a] 90 70.87% 23 18.11% 14 11.02% 127
Total 70,316 54.85% 55,091 42.97% 2,801 2.18% 128,208

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ No vote for Wright County in the manuscript returns. These returns were located in W. Dean Burnham's Presidential Ballots.

References

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  1. ^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Iowa".
  2. ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. Tribune Association. 1861.
  3. ^ Dubin, Michael J. United States Presidential Elections. 1788-1870: The Official Results by County and State. ISBN 978-0-7864-6422-7.