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1860 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1860 United States presidential election in California
country	California
flag_year	1846
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1856 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1856
next_election	1864 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1864
election_date	November 6, 1860
image_size	x200px
image1	Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler, 1860-restored (cropped).png
nominee1	Abraham Lincoln
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Illinois
running_mate1	Hannibal Hamlin
electoral_vote1	4
popular_vote1	38,734
percentage1	32.31%
image2	Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png
nominee2	Stephen A. Douglas
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Illinois
running_mate2	Herschel V. Johnson
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	38,023
percentage2	31.72%
image4	John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg
nominee4	John C. Breckinridge
party4	Southern Democratic (United States)
home_state4	Kentucky
running_mate4	Joseph Lane
electoral_vote4	0
popular_vote4	33,975
percentage4	28.34%
image5	John Bell (Restored).png
nominee5	John Bell
party5	Constitutional Union Party (United States)
home_state5	Tennessee
running_mate5	Edward Everett
electoral_vote5	0
popular_vote5	9,136
percentage5	7.62%
map_image	California Presidential Election Results 1860.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	James Buchanan
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Abraham Lincoln
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1860 United States presidential election

Lincoln Douglas Breckinridge

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

California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, former Illinois representative Abraham Lincoln. He defeated the Democratic nominee, Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the Southern Democratic nominee, Vice President John C. Breckinridge and the Constitutional Union nominee John Bell. Lincoln won the state by a narrow margin of 0.61%, or 734 votes.

After this election, Humboldt County would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until 1932. This was also the last time a Democratic candidate would carry Placer County and Plumas County until 1916, nor would any Democratic candidate carry Napa County, San Mateo County, and Solano County again until 1912.

Results

Party	Elector	Votes	Votes cast	119,885
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Charles A. Tuttle	38,734
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Charles Washburn	38,733
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	W. H. Weeks	38,720
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Antonio M. Pico	38,699
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Humphrey Griffith	38,023
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	R. P. Hammond	37,999
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	George F. Price	37,959
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Pablo de la Guerra	37,957
Southern Democratic (United States)}}"	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Allen P. Dudley	33,975
Southern Democratic (United States)}}"	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Vincent E. Geiger	33,970
Southern Democratic (United States)}}"	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Zach Montgomery	33,970
Southern Democratic (United States)}}"	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Antonio T. Coronel	33,969
Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}"	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Phineas L. Miner	9,136
Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}"	Constitutional Union	John Bell	J. B. Crockett	9,111
Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}"	Constitutional Union	John Bell	G. W. Bowie	9,110
Constitutional Union Party (United States)}}"	Constitutional Union	John Bell	James H. Lander	9,098
Independent}}"	Write-in		Scattering	17

Results by county

County	Abraham Lincoln
Republican	Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic	John C. Breckinridge
Southern Democratic	John Bell
Constitutional Union	Scattering
Write-in	Margin	Total Votes Cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	38,734	32.31%	38,023	31.72%	33,975	28.34%	9,136	7.62%	17	0.01%	711	0.59%	119,885
	Alameda		1,033		49.40%		513		24.53%		481		23.00%		62		2.97%		2		0.10%		520		24.87%		2,091
	Amador		995		24.97%		1,866		46.84%		945		23.72%		178		4.47%		0		0.00%		-871		-21.86%		3,984
	Butte		1,437		32.38%		1,502		33.84%		1,173		26.43%		326		7.35%		0		0.00%		-65		-1.46%		4,438
	Calaveras		978		20.30%		1,883		39.08%		1,717		35.64%		240		4.98%		0		0.00%		-166		-3.45%		4,818
	Colusa		258		27.10%		235		24.68%		386		40.55%		73		7.67%		0		0.00%		-128		-13.45%		952
	Contra Costa		608		39.33%		413		26.71%		391		25.29%		134		8.67%		0		0.00%		195		12.61%		1,546
	Del Norte		175		33.72%		88		16.96%		217		41.81%		39		7.51%		0		0.00%		-42		-8.09%		519
	El Dorado		2,119		30.06%		2,695		38.23%		1,901		26.96%		334		4.74%		1		0.01%		-576		-8.17%		7,050
	Fresno		53		11.30%		22		4.69%		271		57.78%		123		26.23%		0		0.00%		-148		-31.56%		469
	Humboldt		335		32.49%		444		43.06%		232		22.50%		20		1.94%		0		0.00%		-109		-10.57%		1,031
	Klamath		92		13.77%		377		56.44%		163		24.40%		36		5.39%		0		0.00%		-214		-32.04%		668
	Los Angeles		352		20.51%		475		27.68%		688		40.09%		201		11.71%		0		0.00%		-213		-12.41%		1,716
	Marin		408		40.28%		282		27.84%		285		28.13%		38		3.75%		0		0.00%		123		12.14%		1,013
	Mariposa		262		13.90%		489		25.94%		815		43.24%		319		16.92%		0		0.00%		-326		-17.29%		1,885
	Mendocino		198		18.70%		235		22.19%		499		47.12%		116		10.95%		11		1.04%		-264		-24.93%		1,059
	Merced		42		10.74%		52		13.30%		233		59.59%		64		16.37%		0		0.00%		-169		-43.22%		391
	Monterey		306		38.64%		233		29.42%		246		31.06%		4		0.51%		3		0.38%		60		7.58%		792
	Napa		441		24.79%		518		29.12%		679		38.17%		141		7.93%		0		0.00%		-161		-9.05%		1,779
	Nevada		2,539		36.45%		2,373		34.07%		1,653		23.73%		400		5.74%		0		0.00%		166		2.38%		6,965
	Placer		1,743		29.93%		1,858		31.90%		1,448		24.86%		775		13.31%		0		0.00%		-115		-1.97%		5,824
	Plumas		458		28.18%		503		30.95%		453		27.88%		211		12.98%		0		0.00%		-45		-2.77%		1,625
	Sacramento		2,670		35.40%		2,836		37.60%		1,684		22.33%		352		4.67%		0		0.00%		-166		-2.20%		7,542
	San Bernardino		305		37.24%		224		27.35%		192		23.44%		98		11.97%		0		0.00%		81		9.89%		819
	San Diego		81		30.45%		29		10.90%		148		55.64%		8		3.01%		0		0.00%		-67		-25.19%		266
	San Francisco		6,825		47.53%		4,035		28.10%		2,560		17.83%		940		6.55%		0		0.00%		2,790		19.43%		14,360
	San Joaquin		1,131		32.92%		733		21.33%		1,373		39.96%		199		5.79%		0		0.00%		-242		-7.04%		3,436
	San Luis Obispo		148		34.99%		120		28.37%		155		36.64%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-7		-1.65%		423
	San Mateo		389		35.27%		543		49.23%		130		11.79%		41		3.72%		0		0.00%		-154		-13.96%		1,103
	Santa Barbara		46		9.70%		305		64.35%		123		25.95%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-182		-38.40%		474
	Santa Clara		1,463		46.05%		881		27.73%		722		22.73%		111		3.49%		0		0.00%		582		18.32%		3,177
	Santa Cruz		670		47.72%		286		20.37%		319		22.72%		129		9.19%		0		0.00%		351		25.00%		1,404
	Shasta		464		19.37%		1,094		45.68%		585		24.43%		252		10.52%		0		0.00%		-509		-21.25%		2,395
	Sierra		1,468		30.95%		1,539		32.45%		1,347		28.40%		389		8.20%		0		0.00%		-71		-1.50%		4,743
	Siskiyou		955		25.58%		1,503		40.25%		760		20.35%		516		13.82%		0		0.00%		-548		-14.68%		3,734
	Solano		681		29.33%		603		25.97%		746		32.13%		292		12.58%		0		0.00%		-65		-2.80%		2,322
	Sonoma		1,236		32.85%		611		16.24%		1,467		38.98%		449		11.93%		0		0.00%		-231		-6.14%		3,763
	Stanislaus		167		18.58%		232		25.81%		433		48.16%		67		7.45%		0		0.00%		-201		-22.36%		899
	Sutter		403		30.44%		441		33.31%		440		33.23%		40		3.02%		0		0.00%		-1		-0.08%		1,324
	Tehama		243		18.65%		496		38.07%		311		23.87%		253		19.42%		0		0.00%		-185		-14.20%		1,303
	Trinity		593		27.62%		885		41.22%		516		24.03%		153		7.13%		0		0.00%		-292		-13.60%		2,147
	Tulare		131		9.89%		211		15.94%		574		43.35%		408		30.82%		0		0.00%		-166		-12.54%		1,324
	Tuolumne		1,633		29.47%		1,503		27.12%		2,034		36.70%		372		6.71%		0		0.00%		-401		-7.24%		5,542
	Yolo		535		31.25%		497		29.03%		606		35.40%		74		4.32%		0		0.00%		-71		-4.15%		1,712
	Yuba		1,665		32.92%		1,360		26.89%		1,874		37.05%		159		3.14%		0		0.00%		-209		-4.13%		5,058

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Alameda
Contra Costa
Marin
Monterey
Nevada
San Bernardino
San Francisco
Santa Cruz

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic

Colusa
Yolo

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara

Notes

References

Statement of votes polled at a General Election Held in the State of California, on the Sixth day of November, A.D. 1860

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