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1860 United States presidential election in Maine

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1860 United States presidential election in Maine

| country = Maine

| flag_image = Flag of the United States (1859–1861).svg

| type = presidential

| ongoing =no

| previous_election = 1856 United States presidential election in Maine

| previous_year = 1856

| next_election = 1864 United States presidential election in Maine

| next_year = 1864

| election_date = November 2, 1860

| image_size = x160px

| 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 = 8

| popular_vote1 = 62,811

| percentage1 = 62.24%

| 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 = 29,693

| percentage2 = 29.42%

| image3 = John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg

| nominee3 = John C. Breckinridge

| party3 = Southern Democratic (United States)

| home_state3 = Kentucky

| running_mate3 = Joseph Lane

| electoral_vote3 = 0

| popular_vote3 = 6,368

| percentage3 = 6.31%

| map_image = Maine Presidential Election Results 1860.svg

| map_size = 300px

| map_caption = County Results

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Lincoln

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{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}

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| title = President

| before_election = James Buchanan

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Abraham Lincoln

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Elections in Maine sidebar}}

The 1860 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who won by a margin of 32.82%.

With 62.24% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Lincoln's fourth strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Minnesota and Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1860&f=1&off=0&elect=0|title=1860 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-03-05}}

Results

{{Election box runningmate begin | title=1860 United States presidential election in Maine{{cite web|title=1860 Presidential General Election Results - Maine|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=23&year=1860&f=0&off=0&elect=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=17 March 2015}}}}

{{Election box US candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Abraham Lincoln

|homestate = Illinois

|vp_name = Hannibal Hamlin

|vp_state = Maine

|votes = 62,811

|percentage = 62.24%

|ev = 8

|evprct = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box US candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Stephen A. Douglas

|homestate = Illinois

|vp_name = Herschel Vespasian Johnson

|vp_state = Georgia

|votes = 29,693

|percentage = 29.42%

|ev = 0

|evprct = 0.00%

}}

{{Election box US candidate with party link

|party = Southern Democratic (United States)

|candidate = John Cabell Breckinridge

|homestate = Kentucky

|vp_name = Joseph Lane

|vp_state = Oregon

|votes = 6,368

|percentage = 6.31%

|ev = 0

|evprct = 0.00%

}}

{{Election box US candidate with party link

|party = Constitutional Union Party (United States)

|candidate = John Bell

|homestate = Tennessee

|vp_name = Edward Everett

|vp_state = Massachusetts

|votes = 2,046

|percentage = 2.03%

|ev = 0

|evprct = 0.00%

}}

{{Election runningmate box total|

|votes = 100,918

|percentage = 100.00%

|ev = 8

|evprct = 100.00%

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Results By County =

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|+1860 United States Presidential Election in Maine (By County){{Cite web |title=Presidential Results: Maine, 1860 |url=https://votearchive.com/us-pres-elect-1860-me/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=votearchive.com}}

! rowspan="2" |County

! colspan="2" |Abraham Lincoln

Republican

! colspan="2" |Stephen A. Douglas

Democratic

! colspan="2" |John C. Breckinridge

Southern Democratic

! colspan="2" |John Bell

Constitutional Union

! rowspan="2" |Total Votes Cast

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!#

!%

!#

!%

!#

!%

!#

!%

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Androscoggin

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,526

|{{party shading/Republican}}|64.35%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,838

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|33.55%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|65

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|1.19%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|50

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.91%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|5,479

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Aroostook

|{{party shading/Republican}}|1,142

|{{party shading/Republican}}|66.01%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|414

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|23.93%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|167

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|9.65%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|7

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.40%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|1,730

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Cumberland

|{{party shading/Republican}}|7,934

|{{party shading/Republican}}|59.04%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|4,815

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|35.83%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|345

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|2.57%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|345

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|2.57%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|13,439

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Franklin

|{{party shading/Republican}}|2,281

|{{party shading/Republican}}|61.68%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,358

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|36.72%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|56

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|1.51%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|3

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.08%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,698

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Hancock

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,322

|{{party shading/Republican}}|60.35%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|932

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|16.93%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|1,062

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|19.29%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|189

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|3.43%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|5,505

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Kennebec

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,599

|{{party shading/Republican}}|70.90%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|2,353

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|25.28%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|156

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|1.68%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|200

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|2.15%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|9,308

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Knox

|{{party shading/Republican}}|2,520

|{{party shading/Republican}}|54.83%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,825

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|39.71%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|183

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|3.98%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|68

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|1.48%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|4,596

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Lincoln

|{{party shading/Republican}}|2,510

|{{party shading/Republican}}|61.82%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,073

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|26.43%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|210

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|5.17%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|267

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|6.58%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|4,060

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Oxford

|{{party shading/Republican}}|4,244

|{{party shading/Republican}}|60.78%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|2,523

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|36.14%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|199

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|2.85%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|16

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.23%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,982

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Penobscot

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,997

|{{party shading/Republican}}|65.06%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,555

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|14.46%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|2,018

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|18.76%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|185

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|1.72%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|10,755

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Piscataquis

|{{party shading/Republican}}|1,656

|{{party shading/Republican}}|67.73%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|401

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|16.40%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|374

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|15.30%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|14

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.57%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|2,445

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Sagadahoc

|{{party shading/Republican}}|2,257

|{{party shading/Republican}}|68.29%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|630

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|19.06%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|142

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|4.30%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|276

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|8.35%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,305

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Somerset

|{{party shading/Republican}}|4,048

|{{party shading/Republican}}|64.59%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,833

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|29.25%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|212

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|3.38%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|174

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|2.78%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,267

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Waldo

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,800

|{{party shading/Republican}}|64.90%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|1,434

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|24.49%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|537

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|9.17%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|84

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|1.43%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|5,855

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|Washington

|{{party shading/Republican}}|3,515

|{{party shading/Republican}}|56.17%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|2,320

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|37.07%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|348

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|5.56%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|75

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|1.20%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,258

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|{{party shading/Republican}}|York

|{{party shading/Republican}}|6,460

|{{party shading/Republican}}|57.49%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|4,389

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|39.06%

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|294

|{{party shading/Southern Democratic}}|2.62%

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|93

|{{party shading/Constitutional Union}}|0.83%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|11,236

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!Total

!62,811

!62.24%

!29,693

!29.42%

!6,368

!6.31%

!2,046

!2.03%

!100,918

See also

References

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