See main article: 1860 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1860 United States presidential election in Illinois |
| Country: | Illinois |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in Illinois |
| Previous Year: | 1856 |
| Next Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Illinois |
| Next Year: | 1864 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1860 |
| 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: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 172,171 |
| Percentage1: | 50.69% |
| Nominee2: | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Herschel V. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 160,215 |
| Percentage2: | 47.17% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Illinois took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Illinois voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was the home state of both major party nominees, Republican candidate and former Whig congressman Abraham Lincoln as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's running mate was Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine while Douglas' running mate was 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson.
Abraham Lincoln would win Illinois by a narrow margin of 3.52%.
Liberty Party running under the name Union Party's[1] candidate Gerrit Smith received 35 of his 171 popular votes in Illinois alone. The other 136 votes came from Ohio.[2] Pope County has voted Democratic twice since this election (in 1992 and 1996) and Johnson County has done so once (in 1992). However, this is the last time either county gave a majority to the Democratic nominee.
Johnson County would give Douglas 96.96% of their vote, making it his strongest county nationwide.
| Abraham LincolnRepublican | Stephen A. DouglasDemocratic | Various CandidatesOther Parties | Total Votes Cast | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Adams | 3,811 | 46.34% | 4,265 | 51.86% | 148 | 1.80% | 8,224 | ||||||||
| Alexander | 106 | 10.12% | 684 | 65.33% | 257 | 24.55% | 1,047 | ||||||||
| Bond | 987 | 49.47% | 981 | 49.17% | 27 | 1.35% | 1,995 | ||||||||
| Boone | 1,759 | 85.02% | 310 | 14.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,069 | ||||||||
| Brown | 728 | 36.60% | 1,202 | 60.43% | 59 | 2.97% | 1,989 | ||||||||
| Bureau | 3,622 | 69.17% | 1,415 | 27.02% | 199 | 3.80% | 5,236 | ||||||||
| Calhoun | 269 | 26.82% | 668 | 66.60% | 66 | 6.58% | 1,003 | ||||||||
| Carroll | 1,630 | 77.88% | 461 | 22.03% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,093 | ||||||||
| Cass | 1,046 | 44.12% | 1,301 | 54.87% | 24 | 1.01% | 2,371 | ||||||||
| Champaign | 1,793 | 58.52% | 1,221 | 39.85% | 50 | 1.63% | 3,064 | ||||||||
| Christian | 968 | 40.25% | 1,408 | 58.54% | 29 | 1.21% | 2,405 | ||||||||
| Clark | 1,313 | 43.12% | 1,724 | 56.62% | 8 | 0.26% | 3,045 | ||||||||
| Clay | 681 | 38.19% | 1,070 | 60.01% | 32 | 1.79% | 1,783 | ||||||||
| Clinton | 748 | 35.74% | 1,294 | 61.83% | 51 | 2.44% | 2,093 | ||||||||
| Coles | 1,495 | 49.16% | 1,467 | 48.24% | 79 | 2.60% | 3,041 | ||||||||
| Cook | 14,589 | 59.24% | 9,846 | 39.98% | 194 | 0.79% | 24,629 | ||||||||
| Crawford | 921 | 39.53% | 1,384 | 59.40% | 25 | 1.07% | 2,330 | ||||||||
| Cumberland | 629 | 40.61% | 909 | 58.68% | 11 | 0.71% | 1,549 | ||||||||
| DeKalb | 3,049 | 75.79% | 965 | 23.99% | 9 | 0.22% | 4,023 | ||||||||
| DeWitt | 1,258 | 52.24% | 1,015 | 42.15% | 135 | 5.61% | 2,408 | ||||||||
| DuPage | 1,790 | 68.90% | 803 | 30.91% | 5 | 0.19% | 2,598 | ||||||||
| Douglas | 809 | 54.48% | 629 | 42.36% | 47 | 3.16% | 1,485 | ||||||||
| Edgar | 1,727 | 46.34% | 1,923 | 51.60% | 77 | 2.07% | 3,727 | ||||||||
| Edwards | 580 | 60.04% | 370 | 38.30% | 16 | 1.66% | 966 | ||||||||
| Effingham | 453 | 29.47% | 1,084 | 70.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,537 | ||||||||
| Fayette | 953 | 37.33% | 1,571 | 61.54% | 29 | 1.14% | 2,553 | ||||||||
| Ford | 235 | 61.36% | 148 | 38.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 383 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 228 | 13.42% | 1,391 | 81.87% | 80 | 4.71% | 1,699 | ||||||||
| Fulton | 3,629 | 47.66% | 3,926 | 51.56% | 59 | 0.77% | 7,614 | ||||||||
| Gallatin | 221 | 16.47% | 1,020 | 76.01% | 101 | 7.53% | 1,342 | ||||||||
| Greene | 979 | 30.38% | 2,173 | 67.42% | 71 | 2.20% | 3,223 | ||||||||
| Grundy | 1,412 | 66.35% | 710 | 33.36% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,128 | ||||||||
| Hamilton | 102 | 5.82% | 1,553 | 88.54% | 99 | 5.64% | 1,754 | ||||||||
| Hancock | 2,568 | 45.26% | 2,960 | 52.17% | 146 | 2.57% | 5,674 | ||||||||
| Hardin | 107 | 16.02% | 499 | 74.70% | 62 | 9.28% | 668 | ||||||||
| Henderson | 1,253 | 56.52% | 911 | 41.09% | 53 | 2.39% | 2,217 | ||||||||
| Henry | 3,022 | 66.07% | 1,532 | 33.49% | 20 | 0.44% | 4,574 | ||||||||
| Iroquois | 1,429 | 59.74% | 955 | 39.92% | 8 | 0.33% | 2,392 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 315 | 15.39% | 1,556 | 76.01% | 176 | 8.60% | 2,047 | ||||||||
| Jasper | 626 | 40.70% | 906 | 58.91% | 6 | 0.39% | 1,538 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 459 | 18.60% | 1,852 | 75.04% | 157 | 6.36% | 2,468 | ||||||||
| Jersey | 910 | 39.27% | 1,291 | 55.72% | 116 | 5.01% | 2,317 | ||||||||
| Jo Daviess | 2,782 | 59.57% | 1,841 | 39.42% | 47 | 1.01% | 4,670 | ||||||||
| Johnson | 40 | 2.48% | 1,563 | 96.96% | 9 | 0.56% | 1,612 | ||||||||
| Kane | 4,207 | 71.57% | 1,651 | 28.09% | 20 | 0.34% | 5,878 | ||||||||
| Kankakee | 1,977 | 70.48% | 803 | 28.63% | 25 | 0.89% | 2,805 | ||||||||
| Kendall | 1,811 | 76.00% | 571 | 23.96% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,383 | ||||||||
| Knox | 3,832 | 62.95% | 2,208 | 36.27% | 47 | 0.77% | 6,087 | ||||||||
| Lake | 2,394 | 71.06% | 965 | 28.64% | 10 | 0.30% | 3,369 | ||||||||
| LaSalle | 5,342 | 55.21% | 4,290 | 44.34% | 43 | 0.44% | 9,675 | ||||||||
| Lawrence | 764 | 43.76% | 970 | 55.56% | 12 | 0.69% | 1,746 | ||||||||
| Lee | 2,420 | 67.58% | 1,140 | 31.83% | 21 | 0.59% | 3,581 | ||||||||
| Livingston | 1,474 | 57.53% | 1,088 | 42.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,562 | ||||||||
| Logan | 1,729 | 52.68% | 1,521 | 46.34% | 32 | 0.98% | 3,282 | ||||||||
| Macon | 1,501 | 48.00% | 1,541 | 49.28% | 85 | 2.72% | 3,127 | ||||||||
| Macoupin | 2,192 | 42.62% | 2,688 | 52.27% | 263 | 5.11% | 5,143 | ||||||||
| Madison | 3,161 | 48.93% | 3,100 | 47.99% | 199 | 3.08% | 6,460 | ||||||||
| Marion | 858 | 32.18% | 1,715 | 64.33% | 93 | 3.49% | 2,666 | ||||||||
| Marshall | 1,630 | 53.90% | 1,376 | 45.50% | 18 | 0.60% | 3,024 | ||||||||
| Mason | 1,198 | 48.46% | 1,224 | 49.51% | 50 | 2.02% | 2,472 | ||||||||
| Massac | 121 | 11.22% | 873 | 80.98% | 84 | 7.79% | 1,078 | ||||||||
| McDonough | 2,255 | 49.14% | 2,266 | 49.38% | 68 | 1.48% | 4,589 | ||||||||
| McHenry | 3,033 | 67.49% | 1,444 | 32.13% | 17 | 0.38% | 4,494 | ||||||||
| McLean | 3,547 | 57.40% | 2,567 | 41.54% | 65 | 1.05% | 6,179 | ||||||||
| Menard | 962 | 46.38% | 1,035 | 49.90% | 77 | 3.71% | 2,074 | ||||||||
| Mercer | 1,808 | 59.49% | 1,193 | 39.26% | 38 | 1.25% | 3,039 | ||||||||
| Monroe | 845 | 37.34% | 1,401 | 61.91% | 17 | 0.75% | 2,263 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 1,099 | 36.50% | 1,743 | 57.89% | 169 | 5.61% | 3,011 | ||||||||
| Morgan | 2,312 | 47.78% | 2,419 | 49.99% | 108 | 2.23% | 4,839 | ||||||||
| Moultrie | 618 | 46.22% | 707 | 52.88% | 12 | 0.90% | 1,337 | ||||||||
| Ogle | 3,184 | 69.90% | 1,315 | 28.87% | 56 | 1.23% | 4,555 | ||||||||
| Peoria | 3,539 | 48.03% | 3,738 | 50.73% | 91 | 1.24% | 7,368 | ||||||||
| Perry | 649 | 34.36% | 1,101 | 58.28% | 139 | 7.36% | 1,889 | ||||||||
| Piatt | 782 | 54.61% | 599 | 41.83% | 51 | 3.56% | 1,432 | ||||||||
| Pike | 2,553 | 45.23% | 3,016 | 53.43% | 76 | 1.35% | 5,645 | ||||||||
| Pope | 127 | 8.99% | 1,202 | 85.07% | 84 | 5.94% | 1,413 | ||||||||
| Pulaski | 220 | 23.53% | 560 | 59.89% | 155 | 16.58% | 935 | ||||||||
| Putnam | 751 | 63.59% | 366 | 30.99% | 64 | 5.42% | 1,181 | ||||||||
| Randolph | 1,382 | 42.19% | 1,815 | 55.40% | 79 | 2.41% | 3,276 | ||||||||
| Richland | 777 | 42.53% | 1,022 | 55.94% | 28 | 1.53% | 1,827 | ||||||||
| Rock Island | 2,088 | 57.81% | 1,478 | 40.92% | 46 | 1.27% | 3,612 | ||||||||
| Saline | 100 | 6.39% | 1,338 | 85.44% | 128 | 8.17% | 1,566 | ||||||||
| Sangamon | 3,556 | 48.31% | 3,598 | 48.88% | 207 | 2.81% | 7,361 | ||||||||
| Schuyler | 956 | 37.67% | 1,559 | 61.43% | 23 | 0.91% | 2,538 | ||||||||
| Scott | 832 | 42.17% | 1,131 | 57.32% | 10 | 0.51% | 1,973 | ||||||||
| Shelby | 971 | 31.13% | 2,088 | 66.94% | 60 | 1.92% | 3,119 | ||||||||
| Stark | 1,164 | 63.06% | 659 | 35.70% | 23 | 1.25% | 1,846 | ||||||||
| St. Clair | 3,682 | 53.63% | 3,014 | 43.90% | 170 | 2.48% | 6,866 | ||||||||
| Stephenson | 2,670 | 59.69% | 1,787 | 39.95% | 16 | 0.36% | 4,473 | ||||||||
| Tazewell | 2,348 | 51.66% | 2,168 | 47.70% | 29 | 0.64% | 4,545 | ||||||||
| Union | 157 | 7.73% | 996 | 49.06% | 877 | 43.20% | 2,030 | ||||||||
| Vermilion | 2,251 | 58.64% | 1,577 | 41.08% | 11 | 0.29% | 3,839 | ||||||||
| Wabash | 597 | 44.89% | 710 | 53.38% | 23 | 1.73% | 1,330 | ||||||||
| Warren | 2,208 | 56.46% | 1,672 | 42.75% | 31 | 0.79% | 3,911 | ||||||||
| Washington | 793 | 32.82% | 1,565 | 64.78% | 58 | 2.40% | 2,416 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 620 | 26.75% | 1,645 | 70.97% | 53 | 2.29% | 2,318 | ||||||||
| White | 756 | 32.27% | 1,544 | 65.90% | 43 | 1.41% | 2,343 | ||||||||
| Whiteside | 2,713 | 70.50% | 1,110 | 28.85% | 25 | 0.65% | 3,848 | ||||||||
| Will | 3,219 | 55.90% | 2,515 | 43.68% | 24 | 0.42% | 5,758 | ||||||||
| Williamson | 173 | 7.81% | 1,835 | 82.88% | 206 | 9.30% | 2,214 | ||||||||
| Winnebago | 3,984 | 82.76% | 817 | 16.97% | 13 | 0.27% | 4,814 | ||||||||
| Woodford | 1,238 | 45.75% | 1,419 | 52.44% | 49 | 1.81% | 2,706 | ||||||||
| Total | 172,161 | 50.68% | 160,215 | 47.16% | 7,317 | 2.15% | 339,693 | ||||||||