See main article: 1860 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in Georgia |
| Previous Year: | 1856 |
| Next Election: | 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia |
| Next Year: | 1868 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1860 |
| Image1: | John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg |
| Nominee1: | John C. Breckinridge |
| Party1: | Southern Democratic (United States) |
| Home State1: | Kentucky |
| Running Mate1: | Joseph Lane |
| Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 52,176 |
| Percentage1: | 48.89% |
| Nominee2: | John Bell |
| Party2: | Constitutional Union Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate2: | Edward Everett |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,960 |
| Percentage2: | 40.26% |
| Image3: | Senator Stephen A. Douglas (edited).png |
| Nominee3: | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Illinois |
| Running Mate3: | Herschel V. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,581 |
| Percentage3: | 10.85% |
| Map Size: | 290px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | James Buchanan |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Abraham Lincoln |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Georgia 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 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 margin of 8.63%.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. This was the last time until 1964 that Georgia did not vote for the national Democratic Party.
| John Breckinridge Southern Democratic | John Bell Constitutional Union | Stephen Douglas Democratic | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||
| Appling | 287 | 71.75% | 112 | 28.00% | 1 | 0.25% | 400 | ||||||
| Baker | 259 | 69.44% | 112 | 30.03% | 2 | 0.54% | 373 | ||||||
| Baldwin | 440 | 47.21% | 397 | 42.60% | 95 | 10.19% | 932 | ||||||
| Banks | 466 | 81.75% | 94 | 16.49% | 10 | 1.75% | 570 | ||||||
| Berrien | 316 | 58.96% | 219 | 40.86% | 1 | 0.19% | 536 | ||||||
| Bibb | 812 | 39.28% | 876 | 42.38% | 379 | 18.34% | 2,067 | ||||||
| Brooks | 336 | 54.11% | 281 | 45.25% | 4 | 0.64% | 621 | ||||||
| Bryan | 193 | 71.75% | 75 | 27.88% | 1 | 0.37% | 269 | ||||||
| Bulloch | 567 | 98.61% | 7 | 1.22% | 1 | 0.17% | 575 | ||||||
| Burke | 468 | 50.16% | 211 | 22.62% | 254 | 27.22% | 933 | ||||||
| Butts | 309 | 51.07% | 269 | 44.46% | 27 | 4.46% | 605 | ||||||
| Calhoun | 230 | 68.86% | 98 | 29.34% | 6 | 1.80% | 334 | ||||||
| Camden | 207 | 85.54% | 35 | 14.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | ||||||
| Campbell | 785 | 64.82% | 412 | 34.02% | 14 | 1.16% | 1,211 | ||||||
| Carroll | 1,294 | 70.67% | 508 | 27.74% | 29 | 1.58% | 1,831 | ||||||
| Cass | 1,055 | 50.67% | 699 | 33.57% | 328 | 15.75% | 2,082 | ||||||
| Catoosa | 382 | 48.11% | 338 | 42.57% | 74 | 9.32% | 794 | ||||||
| Charlton | 141 | 75.81% | 43 | 23.12% | 2 | 1.08% | 186 | ||||||
| Chatham | 1,812 | 67.11% | 568 | 21.04% | 320 | 11.85% | 2,700 | ||||||
| Chattahoochee | 303 | 55.29% | 226 | 41.24% | 19 | 3.47% | 548 | ||||||
| Chattooga | 287 | 32.80% | 436 | 49.83% | 152 | 17.37% | 875 | ||||||
| Cherokee | 851 | 59.06% | 446 | 30.95% | 144 | 9.99% | 1,441 | ||||||
| Clarke | 452 | 37.54% | 695 | 57.72% | 57 | 4.73% | 1,204 | ||||||
| Clay | 286 | 52.57% | 246 | 45.22% | 12 | 2.21% | 544 | ||||||
| Clayton | 197 | 32.24% | 311 | 50.90% | 103 | 16.86% | 611 | ||||||
| Clinch | 115 | 50.66% | 106 | 46.70% | 6 | 2.64% | 227 | ||||||
| Cobb | 1,368 | 67.16% | 623 | 30.58% | 46 | 2.26% | 2,037 | ||||||
| Coffee | 93 | 67.88% | 30 | 21.90% | 14 | 10.22% | 137 | ||||||
| Colquitt | 115 | 62.84% | 67 | 36.61% | 1 | 0.55% | 183 | ||||||
| Columbia | 67 | 8.75% | 336 | 43.86% | 363 | 47.39% | 766 | ||||||
| Coweta | 896 | 60.34% | 534 | 35.96% | 55 | 3.70% | 1,485 | ||||||
| Crawford | 378 | 66.55% | 188 | 33.10% | 2 | 0.35% | 568 | ||||||
| Dade | 259 | 56.43% | 177 | 38.56% | 23 | 5.01% | 459 | ||||||
| Dawson | 338 | 68.70% | 92 | 18.70% | 62 | 12.60% | 492 | ||||||
| Decatur | 579 | 52.68% | 519 | 47.22% | 1 | 0.09% | 1,099 | ||||||
| DeKalb | 636 | 57.04% | 415 | 37.22% | 64 | 5.74% | 1,115 | ||||||
| Dooly | 348 | 55.33% | 253 | 40.22% | 28 | 4.45% | 629 | ||||||
| Dougherty | 372 | 55.11% | 277 | 41.04% | 26 | 3.85% | 675 | ||||||
| Early | 294 | 70.50% | 122 | 29.26% | 1 | 0.24% | 417 | ||||||
| Echols | 87 | 77.68% | 25 | 22.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | ||||||
| Effingham | 209 | 50.00% | 206 | 49.28% | 3 | 0.72% | 418 | ||||||
| Elbert | 120 | 13.82% | 291 | 33.53% | 457 | 52.65% | 868 | ||||||
| Emanuel | 210 | 42.51% | 242 | 48.99% | 42 | 8.50% | 494 | ||||||
| Fannin | 545 | 69.43% | 148 | 18.85% | 92 | 11.72% | 785 | ||||||
| Fayette | 466 | 58.47% | 302 | 37.89% | 29 | 3.64% | 797 | ||||||
| Floyd | 756 | 39.96% | 849 | 44.87% | 287 | 15.17% | 1,892 | ||||||
| Forsyth | 630 | 60.52% | 364 | 34.97% | 47 | 4.51% | 1,041 | ||||||
| Franklin | 726 | 83.83% | 137 | 15.82% | 3 | 0.35% | 866 | ||||||
| Fulton | 1,018 | 39.77% | 1,195 | 46.68% | 347 | 13.55% | 2,560 | ||||||
| Gilmer | 755 | 82.97% | 122 | 13.41% | 33 | 3.63% | 910 | ||||||
| Glascock | 58 | 23.58% | 15 | 6.10% | 173 | 70.33% | 246 | ||||||
| Glynn | 177 | 90.77% | 17 | 8.72% | 1 | 0.51% | 195 | ||||||
| Gordon | 874 | 60.03% | 490 | 33.65% | 92 | 6.32% | 1,456 | ||||||
| Greene | 114 | 13.48% | 581 | 68.68% | 151 | 17.85% | 846 | ||||||
| Gwinnett | 643 | 38.92% | 775 | 46.91% | 234 | 14.16% | 1,652 | ||||||
| Habersham | 457 | 63.74% | 188 | 26.22% | 72 | 10.04% | 717 | ||||||
| Hall | 467 | 44.48% | 500 | 47.62% | 83 | 7.90% | 1,050 | ||||||
| Hancock | 128 | 18.88% | 402 | 59.29% | 148 | 21.83% | 678 | ||||||
| Haralson | 356 | 84.96% | 62 | 14.80% | 1 | 0.24% | 419 | ||||||
| Harris | 392 | 35.28% | 689 | 62.02% | 30 | 2.70% | 1,111 | ||||||
| Hart | 482 | 66.67% | 151 | 20.89% | 90 | 12.45% | 723 | ||||||
| Heard | 439 | 49.83% | 380 | 43.13% | 62 | 7.04% | 881 | ||||||
| Henry | 523 | 42.35% | 658 | 53.28% | 54 | 4.37% | 1,235 | ||||||
| Houston | 555 | 48.05% | 569 | 49.26% | 31 | 2.68% | 1,155 | ||||||
| Irwin | 74 | 77.89% | 19 | 20.00% | 2 | 2.11% | 95 | ||||||
| Jackson | 675 | 54.17% | 463 | 37.16% | 108 | 8.67% | 1,246 | ||||||
| Jasper | 251 | 31.65% | 369 | 46.53% | 173 | 21.82% | 793 | ||||||
| Jefferson | 67 | 8.86% | 363 | 48.02% | 326 | 43.12% | 756 | ||||||
| Johnson | 117 | 29.62% | 182 | 46.08% | 96 | 24.30% | 395 | ||||||
| Jones | 235 | 50.76% | 214 | 46.22% | 14 | 3.02% | 463 | ||||||
| Laurens | 128 | 21.62% | 428 | 72.30% | 36 | 6.08% | 592 | ||||||
| Lee | 240 | 50.10% | 222 | 46.35% | 17 | 3.55% | 479 | ||||||
| Liberty | 264 | 61.40% | 145 | 33.72% | 21 | 4.88% | 430 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 34 | 10.83% | 167 | 53.18% | 113 | 35.99% | 314 | ||||||
| Lowndes | 313 | 57.33% | 231 | 42.31% | 2 | 0.37% | 546 | ||||||
| Lumpkin | 393 | 52.96% | 319 | 42.99% | 30 | 4.04% | 742 | ||||||
| Macon | 271 | 38.49% | 419 | 59.52% | 14 | 1.99% | 704 | ||||||
| Madison | 375 | 60.58% | 233 | 37.64% | 11 | 1.78% | 619 | ||||||
| Marion | 321 | 47.00% | 321 | 47.00% | 41 | 6.00% | 683 | ||||||
| McIntosh | 200 | 82.99% | 41 | 17.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 241 | ||||||
| Meriwether | 615 | 50.37% | 557 | 45.62% | 49 | 4.01% | 1,221 | ||||||
| Miller | 231 | 89.19% | 28 | 10.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 259 | ||||||
| Milton | 417 | 53.32% | 340 | 43.48% | 25 | 3.20% | 782 | ||||||
| Mitchell | 327 | 65.53% | 144 | 28.86% | 28 | 5.61% | 499 | ||||||
| Monroe | 464 | 40.03% | 638 | 55.05% | 57 | 4.92% | 1,159 | ||||||
| Montgomery | 40 | 13.29% | 255 | 84.72% | 6 | 1.99% | 301 | ||||||
| Morgan | 102 | 16.86% | 361 | 59.67% | 142 | 23.47% | 605 | ||||||
| Murray | 421 | 47.73% | 251 | 28.46% | 210 | 23.81% | 882 | ||||||
| Muscogee | 769 | 45.34% | 767 | 45.22% | 160 | 9.43% | 1,696 | ||||||
| Newton | 364 | 23.87% | 810 | 53.11% | 351 | 23.02% | 1,525 | ||||||
| Oglethorpe | 263 | 32.19% | 367 | 44.92% | 187 | 22.89% | 817 | ||||||
| Paulding | 781 | 76.72% | 198 | 19.45% | 39 | 3.83% | 1,018 | ||||||
| Pickens | 452 | 69.86% | 150 | 23.18% | 45 | 6.96% | 647 | ||||||
| Pierce | 237 | 74.76% | 79 | 24.92% | 1 | 0.32% | 317 | ||||||
| Pike | 596 | 57.42% | 427 | 41.14% | 15 | 1.45% | 1,038 | ||||||
| Polk | 326 | 45.34% | 345 | 47.98% | 48 | 6.68% | 719 | ||||||
| Pulaski | 464 | 59.18% | 286 | 36.48% | 34 | 4.34% | 784 | ||||||
| Putnam | 176 | 28.21% | 291 | 46.63% | 157 | 25.16% | 624 | ||||||
| Quitman | 237 | 58.23% | 167 | 41.03% | 3 | 0.74% | 407 | ||||||
| Rabun | 353 | 91.93% | 21 | 5.47% | 10 | 2.60% | 384 | ||||||
| Randolph | 587 | 51.58% | 494 | 43.41% | 57 | 5.01% | 1,138 | ||||||
| Richmond | 403 | 17.49% | 849 | 36.85% | 1,052 | 45.66% | 2,304 | ||||||
| Schley | 142 | 32.13% | 235 | 53.17% | 65 | 14.71% | 442 | ||||||
| Screven | 343 | 62.59% | 171 | 31.20% | 34 | 6.20% | 548 | ||||||
| Spalding | 596 | 51.69% | 530 | 45.97% | 27 | 2.34% | 1,153 | ||||||
| Stewart | 538 | 51.73% | 484 | 46.54% | 18 | 1.73% | 1,040 | ||||||
| Sumter | 380 | 31.54% | 694 | 57.59% | 131 | 10.87% | 1,205 | ||||||
| Talbot | 406 | 40.76% | 504 | 50.60% | 86 | 8.63% | 996 | ||||||
| Taliaferro | 9 | 2.24% | 173 | 43.03% | 220 | 54.73% | 402 | ||||||
| Tattnall | 313 | 60.31% | 202 | 38.92% | 4 | 0.77% | 519 | ||||||
| Taylor | 394 | 50.71% | 361 | 46.46% | 22 | 2.83% | 777 | ||||||
| Telfair | 98 | 42.42% | 127 | 54.98% | 6 | 2.60% | 231 | ||||||
| Terrell | 227 | 33.24% | 387 | 56.66% | 69 | 10.10% | 683 | ||||||
| Thomas | 402 | 42.99% | 499 | 53.37% | 34 | 3.64% | 935 | ||||||
| Towns | 192 | 49.61% | 101 | 26.10% | 94 | 24.29% | 387 | ||||||
| Troup | 462 | 31.22% | 970 | 65.54% | 48 | 3.24% | 1,480 | ||||||
| Twiggs | 320 | 63.12% | 181 | 35.70% | 6 | 1.18% | 507 | ||||||
| Union | 474 | 67.62% | 216 | 30.81% | 11 | 1.57% | 701 | ||||||
| Upson | 279 | 29.46% | 619 | 65.36% | 49 | 5.17% | 947 | ||||||
| Walker | 487 | 33.49% | 649 | 44.64% | 318 | 21.87% | 1,454 | ||||||
| Walton | 555 | 42.30% | 574 | 43.75% | 183 | 13.95% | 1,312 | ||||||
| Ware | 212 | 85.83% | 34 | 13.77% | 1 | 0.40% | 247 | ||||||
| Warren | 55 | 7.62% | 240 | 33.24% | 427 | 59.14% | 722 | ||||||
| Washington | 313 | 26.02% | 608 | 50.54% | 282 | 23.44% | 1,203 | ||||||
| Wayne | 134 | 78.36% | 37 | 21.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 171 | ||||||
| Webster | 244 | 45.19% | 293 | 54.26% | 3 | 0.56% | 540 | ||||||
| White | 220 | 55.00% | 151 | 37.75% | 29 | 7.25% | 400 | ||||||
| Whitfield | 747 | 53.40% | 450 | 32.17% | 202 | 14.44% | 1,399 | ||||||
| Wilcox | 254 | 92.03% | 19 | 6.88% | 3 | 1.09% | 276 | ||||||
| Wilkes | 266 | 35.99% | 302 | 40.87% | 171 | 23.14% | 739 | ||||||
| Wilkinson | 484 | 50.47% | 364 | 37.96% | 111 | 11.57% | 959 | ||||||
| Worth | 263 | 67.61% | 122 | 31.36% | 4 | 1.03% | 389 | ||||||
| Total | 52,172 | 48.82% | 43,069 | 40.30% | 11,627 | 10.88% | 106,868 | ||||||