See main article: 1860 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1860 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 1856 |
| Next Year: | 1861 (Confederate) 1868 (Union) |
| 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: | 48,846 |
| Percentage1: | 50.51% |
| Nominee2: | John Bell |
| Party2: | Constitutional Union Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate2: | Edward Everett |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 45,129 |
| Percentage2: | 46.66% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| 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 North Carolina took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
North Carolina 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 Tennessee and his running mate 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th 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 3.85%.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.
| John C. BreckinridgeSouthern Democratic | John BellConstitutional Union | Stephen A. DouglasDemocratic | Total Votes Cast | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Alamance | 536 | 43.47% | 661 | 53.61% | 36 | 2.92% | 1,233 | ||||||||
| Alexander | 403 | 46.00% | 471 | 53.77% | 2 | 0.23% | 876 | ||||||||
| Anson | 245 | 21.82% | 871 | 77.56% | 7 | 0.62% | 1,123 | ||||||||
| Ashe | 229 | 24.18% | 717 | 75.71% | 1 | 0.11% | 947 | ||||||||
| Beaufort | 549 | 32.82% | 1,082 | 64.67% | 42 | 2.51% | 1,673 | ||||||||
| Bertie | 399 | 39.39% | 597 | 58.93% | 17 | 1.68% | 1,013 | ||||||||
| Brunswick | 326 | 45.72% | 386 | 54.14% | 1 | 0.14% | 713 | ||||||||
| Burke | 470 | 51.03% | 447 | 48.53% | 4 | 0.43% | 921 | ||||||||
| Buncombe | 662 | 46.75% | 705 | 49.79% | 49 | 3.46% | 1,416 | ||||||||
| Cabarrus | 445 | 34.96% | 810 | 63.63% | 18 | 1.41% | 1,273 | ||||||||
| Caldwell | 229 | 33.33% | 449 | 65.36% | 9 | 1.31% | 687 | ||||||||
| Camden | 83 | 13.97% | 503 | 84.68% | 8 | 1.35% | 594 | ||||||||
| Carteret | 370 | 43.38% | 441 | 51.70% | 42 | 4.92% | 853 | ||||||||
| Caswell | 994 | 79.90% | 237 | 19.05% | 13 | 1.05% | 1,244 | ||||||||
| Catawba | 878 | 74.22% | 302 | 25.53% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,183 | ||||||||
| Chatham | 604 | 34.17% | 970 | 54.86% | 194 | 10.97% | 1,768 | ||||||||
| Cherokee | 459 | 39.88% | 677 | 58.82% | 15 | 1.30% | 1,151 | ||||||||
| Chowan | 239 | 50.74% | 194 | 41.19% | 38 | 8.07% | 471 | ||||||||
| Cleveland | 1,091 | 84.77% | 196 | 15.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,287 | ||||||||
| Columbus | 723 | 68.79% | 322 | 30.64% | 6 | 0.57% | 1,051 | ||||||||
| Craven | 492 | 37.64% | 693 | 53.02% | 122 | 9.33% | 1,307 | ||||||||
| Cumberland | 879 | 55.49% | 670 | 42.30% | 35 | 2.21% | 1,584 | ||||||||
| Currituck | 595 | 90.02% | 66 | 9.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 661 | ||||||||
| Davidson | 728 | 37.74% | 1,186 | 61.48% | 15 | 0.78% | 1,929 | ||||||||
| Davie | 329 | 32.87% | 641 | 64.04% | 31 | 3.10% | 1,001 | ||||||||
| Duplin | 1,380 | 90.08% | 149 | 9.73% | 3 | 0.20% | 1,532 | ||||||||
| Edgecombe | 1,789 | 89.36% | 196 | 9.79% | 17 | 0.85% | 2,002 | ||||||||
| Forsyth | 825 | 44.35% | 965 | 51.88% | 70 | 3.76% | 1,860 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 759 | 69.57% | 318 | 29.15% | 14 | 1.28% | 1,091 | ||||||||
| Gaston | 826 | 81.54% | 131 | 12.93% | 56 | 5.53% | 1,013 | ||||||||
| Gates | 338 | 45.43% | 394 | 52.96% | 12 | 1.61% | 744 | ||||||||
| Granville | 870 | 47.78% | 868 | 47.67% | 83 | 4.56% | 1,821 | ||||||||
| Greene | 381 | 53.89% | 326 | 46.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 707 | ||||||||
| Guilford | 304 | 13.45% | 1,838 | 81.33% | 118 | 5.22% | 2,260 | ||||||||
| Halifax | 757 | 57.13% | 546 | 41.21% | 22 | 1.66% | 1,325 | ||||||||
| Harnett | 542 | 71.50% | 138 | 18.21% | 78 | 10.29% | 758 | ||||||||
| Haywood | 367 | 58.44% | 248 | 39.49% | 13 | 2.07% | 628 | ||||||||
| Henderson | 425 | 45.95% | 496 | 53.62% | 4 | 0.43% | 925 | ||||||||
| Hertford | 246 | 35.96% | 418 | 61.11% | 20 | 2.92% | 684 | ||||||||
| Hyde | 395 | 46.09% | 459 | 53.56% | 3 | 0.35% | 857 | ||||||||
| Iredell | 328 | 16.53% | 1,625 | 81.91% | 31 | 1.56% | 1,984 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 403 | 73.94% | 142 | 26.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 545 | ||||||||
| Johnston | 974 | 59.25% | 630 | 38.32% | 40 | 2.43% | 1,644 | ||||||||
| Jones | 197 | 52.96% | 165 | 44.35% | 10 | 2.69% | 372 | ||||||||
| Lenoir | 533 | 61.19% | 317 | 36.39% | 21 | 2.41% | 871 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 473 | 65.60% | 243 | 33.70% | 5 | 0.69% | 721 | ||||||||
| Macon | 221 | 31.44% | 469 | 66.71% | 13 | 1.85% | 703 | ||||||||
| Martin | 751 | 67.90% | 333 | 30.11% | 22 | 1.99% | 1,106 | ||||||||
| McDowell | 276 | 44.09% | 349 | 55.75% | 1 | 0.16% | 626 | ||||||||
| Mecklenburg | 1,101 | 53.39% | 826 | 40.06% | 135 | 6.55% | 2,062 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 102 | 12.29% | 725 | 87.35% | 3 | 0.36% | 830 | ||||||||
| Moore | 299 | 28.05% | 588 | 55.16% | 179 | 16.79% | 1,066 | ||||||||
| Nash | 1,323 | 95.11% | 64 | 4.60% | 4 | 0.29% | 1,391 | ||||||||
| New Hanover | 1,617 | 70.73% | 664 | 29.05% | 5 | 0.22% | 2,286 | ||||||||
| Northampton | 654 | 54.36% | 506 | 42.06% | 43 | 3.57% | 1,203 | ||||||||
| Onslow | 781 | 81.52% | 153 | 15.97% | 24 | 2.51% | 958 | ||||||||
| Orange | 787 | 43.36% | 956 | 52.67% | 72 | 3.97% | 1,815 | ||||||||
| Pasquotank | 239 | 31.00% | 477 | 61.87% | 55 | 7.13% | 771 | ||||||||
| Perquimans | 234 | 40.41% | 341 | 58.89% | 4 | 0.69% | 579 | ||||||||
| Person | 420 | 46.05% | 483 | 52.96% | 9 | 0.99% | 912 | ||||||||
| Pitt | 731 | 50.45% | 710 | 49.00% | 8 | 0.55% | 1,449 | ||||||||
| Polk | 270 | 69.41% | 118 | 30.33% | 1 | 0.26% | 389 | ||||||||
| Randolph | 321 | 20.20% | 1,224 | 77.03% | 44 | 2.77% | 1,589 | ||||||||
| Richmond | 269 | 32.93% | 544 | 66.59% | 4 | 0.49% | 817 | ||||||||
| Robeson | 720 | 47.94% | 648 | 43.14% | 134 | 8.92% | 1,502 | ||||||||
| Rockingham | 1,017 | 61.12% | 485 | 29.15% | 162 | 9.74% | 1,664 | ||||||||
| Rowan | 1,026 | 49.76% | 1,023 | 49.61% | 13 | 0.63% | 2,062 | ||||||||
| Rutherford | 695 | 58.26% | 495 | 41.49% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,193 | ||||||||
| Sampson | 979 | 64.66% | 529 | 34.94% | 6 | 0.40% | 1,514 | ||||||||
| Stanly | 53 | 5.32% | 934 | 93.78% | 9 | 0.90% | 996 | ||||||||
| Stokes | 745 | 63.30% | 432 | 36.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,177 | ||||||||
| Surry | 811 | 60.48% | 502 | 37.43% | 28 | 2.09% | 1,341 | ||||||||
| Tyrrell | 77 | 19.30% | 300 | 75.19% | 22 | 5.51% | 399 | ||||||||
| Union | 858 | 69.08% | 379 | 30.52% | 5 | 0.40% | 1,242 | ||||||||
| Wake | 1,216 | 46.38% | 1,130 | 43.10% | 276 | 10.53% | 2,622 | ||||||||
| Warren | 899 | 86.19% | 138 | 13.23% | 6 | 0.58% | 1,043 | ||||||||
| Watauga | 147 | 31.34% | 322 | 68.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 469 | ||||||||
| Washington | 159 | 25.81% | 413 | 67.05% | 44 | 7.14% | 616 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 1,359 | 84.46% | 239 | 14.85% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,609 | ||||||||
| Wilkes | 363 | 21.53% | 1,323 | 78.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,686 | ||||||||
| Yadkin | 495 | 36.40% | 842 | 61.91% | 23 | 1.69% | 1,360 | ||||||||
| Yancey | 500 | 64.18% | 275 | 35.30% | 4 | 0.51% | 779 | ||||||||
| Total | 48,539 | 50.44% | 44,990 | 46.75% | 2,701 | 2.81% | 96,230 | ||||||||