See main article: 1860 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1856 |
| Next Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Next Year: | 1864 |
| 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: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 221,809 |
| Percentage1: | 51.24% |
| Nominee2: | Stephen A. Douglas |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Herschel V. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 187,421 |
| Percentage2: | 43.30% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by the Republican nominee Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the Democratic nominee, Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 7.94%.
Liberty Party (under the name Union Party[1]) candidate Gerrit Smith received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came from Illinois.[2]
The 1860 presidential election in Ohio began a streak in which no Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state.
| County | Abraham Lincoln[3] Republican | Stephen A. Douglas Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 1,667 | 43.33% | 2,010 | 52.25% | 170 | 4.42% | -343 | -8.92% | 3,847 | ||||||||||
| Allen | 1,796 | 48.18% | 1,882 | 50.48% | 50 | 1.34% | -86 | -2.30% | 3,728 | ||||||||||
| Ashland | 2,166 | 49.05% | 1,720 | 38.95% | 530 | 12.00% | 446 | 10.10% | 4,416 | ||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 5,566 | 81.15% | 860 | 12.54% | 433 | 6.31% | 4,706 | 68.61% | 6,859 | ||||||||||
| Athens | 2,526 | 61.65% | 1,491 | 36.39% | 80 | 1.96% | 1,035 | 25.26% | 4,097 | ||||||||||
| Auglaize | 1,088 | 36.09% | 1,836 | 60.90% | 91 | 3.01% | -748 | -24.81% | 3,015 | ||||||||||
| Belmont | 2,675 | 41.00% | 1,450 | 22.22% | 2,400 | 36.78% | 1,225 | 18.78% | 6,525 | ||||||||||
| Brown | 2,105 | 38.69% | 3,006 | 55.26% | 329 | 6.05% | -901 | -16.57% | 5,440 | ||||||||||
| Butler | 2,867 | 39.19% | 4,109 | 56.16% | 340 | 4.65% | -1,242 | -16.97% | 7,316 | ||||||||||
| Carroll | 1,767 | 59.28% | 1,043 | 34.99% | 171 | 5.73% | 724 | 24.29% | 2,981 | ||||||||||
| Champaign | 2,325 | 52.12% | 1,810 | 40.57% | 326 | 7.31% | 515 | 11.55% | 4,461 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 3,017 | 60.15% | 1,730 | 34.49% | 269 | 5.36% | 1,287 | 25.66% | 5,016 | ||||||||||
| Clermont | 2,965 | 46.06% | 3,206 | 49.81% | 266 | 4.13% | -241 | -3.75% | 6,437 | ||||||||||
| Clinton | 2,483 | 61.58% | 1,464 | 36.31% | 85 | 2.11% | 1,019 | 25.27% | 4,032 | ||||||||||
| Columbiana | 3,864 | 60.37% | 2,130 | 33.28% | 407 | 6.35% | 1,734 | 27.09% | 6,401 | ||||||||||
| Coshocton | 2,299 | 47.83% | 2,288 | 47.60% | 220 | 4.57% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,807 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,064 | 41.69% | 2,752 | 55.58% | 135 | 2.73% | -688 | -13.89% | 4,951 | ||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 8,686 | 62.45% | 4,814 | 34.61% | 408 | 2.94% | 3,872 | 27.84% | 13,908 | ||||||||||
| Darke | 2,460 | 49.23% | 2,479 | 49.61% | 58 | 1.16% | -19 | -0.38% | 4,997 | ||||||||||
| Defiance | 1,038 | 43.87% | 1,304 | 55.11% | 24 | 1.02% | -266 | -11.24% | 2,366 | ||||||||||
| Delaware | 2,699 | 56.94% | 1,967 | 41.50% | 74 | 1.56% | 732 | 15.44% | 4,740 | ||||||||||
| Erie | 2,886 | 63.57% | 1,538 | 33.88% | 116 | 2.55% | 1,348 | 29.69% | 4,540 | ||||||||||
| Fairfield | 2,178 | 37.66% | 3,249 | 56.18% | 356 | 6.16% | -1,071 | -18.52% | 5,783 | ||||||||||
| Fayette | 1,458 | 50.59% | 1,121 | 38.90% | 303 | 10.51% | 337 | 11.69% | 2,882 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 4,295 | 45.99% | 4,846 | 51.90% | 197 | 2.11% | -551 | -5.89% | 9,338 | ||||||||||
| Fulton | 1,629 | 61.63% | 984 | 37.23% | 30 | 1.14% | 645 | 24.40% | 2,643 | ||||||||||
| Gallia | 1,881 | 52.54% | 1,472 | 41.12% | 227 | 6.34% | 409 | 11.42% | 3,580 | ||||||||||
| Geauga | 2,877 | 79.70% | 677 | 18.75% | 56 | 1.55% | 2,200 | 60.95% | 3,610 | ||||||||||
| Greene | 3,260 | 63.06% | 1,751 | 33.87% | 159 | 3.07% | 1,509 | 29.19% | 5,170 | ||||||||||
| Guernsey | 2,510 | 55.18% | 1,933 | 42.49% | 106 | 2.33% | 577 | 12.69% | 4,549 | ||||||||||
| Hamilton | 16,182 | 45.37% | 15,431 | 43.27% | 4,051 | 11.36% | 751 | 2.10% | 35,664 | ||||||||||
| Hancock | 2,135 | 47.70% | 2,301 | 51.41% | 40 | 0.89% | -166 | -3.71% | 4,476 | ||||||||||
| Hardin | 1,432 | 52.72% | 1,198 | 44.11% | 86 | 3.17% | 234 | 8.61% | 2,716 | ||||||||||
| Harrison | 2,175 | 60.00% | 759 | 20.94% | 691 | 19.06% | 1,416 | 39.06% | 3,625 | ||||||||||
| Henry | 808 | 43.60% | 1,039 | 56.07% | 6 | 0.33% | -231 | -12.47% | 1,853 | ||||||||||
| Highland | 2,409 | 45.34% | 2,272 | 42.76% | 632 | 11.90% | 137 | 2.58% | 5,313 | ||||||||||
| Hocking | 1,329 | 42.42% | 1,784 | 56.94% | 134 | 4.14% | -455 | -14.52% | 3,247 | ||||||||||
| Holmes | 1,392 | 37.41% | 2,281 | 61.30% | 48 | 1.29% | -889 | -23.89% | 3,721 | ||||||||||
| Huron | 4,107 | 65.39% | 2,083 | 33.16% | 91 | 1.45% | 2,024 | 32.23% | 6,281 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,738 | 53.17% | 1,436 | 43.93% | 95 | 2.90% | 302 | 9.24% | 3,269 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 2,682 | 57.96% | 1,163 | 25.14% | 782 | 16.90% | 1,519 | 32.82% | 4,627 | ||||||||||
| Knox | 2,860 | 51.48% | 2,060 | 37.08% | 636 | 11.44% | 800 | 14.40% | 5,556 | ||||||||||
| Lake | 2,521 | 77.74% | 622 | 19.18% | 100 | 3.08% | 1,899 | 58.56% | 3,243 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence | 1,801 | 55.90% | 1,147 | 35.60% | 274 | 8.50% | 654 | 20.30% | 3,222 | ||||||||||
| Licking | 3,502 | 47.06% | 3,154 | 42.38% | 786 | 10.56% | 348 | 4.68% | 7,442 | ||||||||||
| Logan | 2,415 | 59.28% | 1,542 | 37.85% | 117 | 2.87% | 873 | 21.43% | 4,074 | ||||||||||
| Lorain | 4,045 | 66.89% | 1,766 | 29.20% | 236 | 3.91% | 2,279 | 37.69% | 6,047 | ||||||||||
| Lucas | 2,889 | 58.85% | 1,820 | 37.07% | 200 | 4.08% | 1,069 | 21.78% | 4,909 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 1,417 | 53.03% | 1,016 | 38.02% | 239 | 8.95% | 401 | 15.01% | 2,672 | ||||||||||
| Mahoning | 2,907 | 57.51% | 1,990 | 39.37% | 158 | 3.12% | 917 | 18.14% | 5,055 | ||||||||||
| Marion | 1,595 | 49.03% | 1,640 | 50.42% | 18 | 0.55% | -45 | -1.39% | 3,253 | ||||||||||
| Medina | 3,068 | 62.64% | 1,765 | 36.04% | 65 | 1.32% | 1,303 | 26.60% | 4,898 | ||||||||||
| Meigs | 2,689 | 58.30% | 1,699 | 36.84% | 224 | 4.86% | 990 | 21.46% | 4,612 | ||||||||||
| Mercer | 832 | 34.01% | 1,606 | 65.66% | 8 | 0.33% | -774 | -31.65% | 2,446 | ||||||||||
| Miami | 3,431 | 58.69% | 2,337 | 39.98% | 78 | 1.33% | 1,094 | 18.71% | 5,846 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,335 | 28.57% | 3,147 | 67.36% | 190 | 4.07% | -1,812 | -38.79% | 4,672 | ||||||||||
| Montgomery | 4,974 | 50.07% | 4,710 | 47.41% | 251 | 2.52% | 264 | 2.66% | 9,935 | ||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,445 | 57.03% | 1,757 | 40.98% | 85 | 1.99% | 688 | 16.05% | 4,287 | ||||||||||
| Morrow | 2,260 | 53.18% | 1,928 | 45.36% | 62 | 1.46% | 332 | 7.82% | 4,250 | ||||||||||
| Muskingum | 4,004 | 49.39% | 3,550 | 43.79% | 553 | 6.82% | 454 | 5.60% | 8,107 | ||||||||||
| Noble | 1,944 | 52.02% | 1,647 | 44.07% | 146 | 3.91% | 297 | 7.95% | 3,737 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 571 | 44.37% | 692 | 53.77% | 24 | 1.86% | -121 | -9.40% | 1,287 | ||||||||||
| Paulding | 554 | 58.07% | 391 | 40.99% | 9 | 0.94% | 163 | 17.08% | 954 | ||||||||||
| Perry | 1,605 | 43.51% | 1,950 | 52.86% | 134 | 3.63% | -345 | -9.35% | 3,689 | ||||||||||
| Pickaway | 2,002 | 42.70% | 2,425 | 51.73% | 261 | 5.57% | -423 | -9.03% | 4,688 | ||||||||||
| Pike | 958 | 38.44% | 1,397 | 56.06% | 137 | 5.50% | -439 | -17.62% | 2,492 | ||||||||||
| Portage | 3,065 | 59.34% | 1,970 | 38.14% | 130 | 2.52% | 1,095 | 21.20% | 5,165 | ||||||||||
| Preble | 2,596 | 59.24% | 1,733 | 39.55% | 53 | 1.21% | 863 | 19.69% | 4,382 | ||||||||||
| Putnam | 1,010 | 40.48% | 1,478 | 59.24% | 7 | 0.28% | -468 | -18.76% | 2,495 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 3,023 | 47.60% | 3,135 | 49.36% | 193 | 3.04% | -112 | -1.76% | 6,351 | ||||||||||
| Ross | 3,043 | 47.35% | 2,806 | 43.67% | 577 | 8.98% | 237 | 3.68% | 6,426 | ||||||||||
| Sandusky | 1,938 | 45.28% | 2,319 | 54.18% | 23 | 0.54% | -381 | -8.90% | 4,280 | ||||||||||
| Scioto | 2,186 | 50.51% | 1,750 | 40.43% | 392 | 9.06% | 436 | 10.08% | 4,328 | ||||||||||
| Seneca | 3,052 | 48.14% | 3,175 | 50.08% | 113 | 1.78% | -123 | -1.94% | 6,340 | ||||||||||
| Shelby | 1,597 | 48.29% | 1,669 | 50.47% | 41 | 1.24% | -72 | -2.18% | 3,307 | ||||||||||
| Stark | 4,064 | 52.98% | 2,820 | 36.76% | 787 | 10.26% | 1,244 | 16.22% | 7,671 | ||||||||||
| Summit | 3,607 | 65.52% | 1,785 | 32.43% | 113 | 2.05% | 1,822 | 33.09% | 5,505 | ||||||||||
| Trumbull | 4,349 | 69.22% | 1,672 | 26.61% | 262 | 4.17% | 2,677 | 42.61% | 6,283 | ||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 3,136 | 51.72% | 2,846 | 46.93% | 82 | 1.35% | 290 | 4.79% | 6,064 | ||||||||||
| Union | 1,792 | 55.55% | 1,145 | 35.49% | 289 | 8.96% | 647 | 20.06% | 3,226 | ||||||||||
| Van Wert | 1,015 | 50.93% | 959 | 48.12% | 19 | 0.95% | 56 | 2.81% | 1,993 | ||||||||||
| Vinton | 1,246 | 49.39% | 1,231 | 48.79% | 46 | 1.82% | 15 | 0.60% | 2,523 | ||||||||||
| Warren | 3,316 | 60.62% | 2,011 | 36.76% | 143 | 2.62% | 1,305 | 23.86% | 5,470 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 3,169 | 49.38% | 3,060 | 47.69% | 188 | 2.93% | 109 | 1.69% | 6,417 | ||||||||||
| Wayne | 3,204 | 48.73% | 3,250 | 49.43% | 121 | 1.84% | -46 | -0.70% | 6,575 | ||||||||||
| Williams | 1,713 | 56.52% | 1,180 | 38.93% | 138 | 4.55% | 533 | 17.59% | 3,031 | ||||||||||
| Wood | 2,011 | 59.85% | 1,330 | 39.58% | 19 | 0.57% | 681 | 20.27% | 3,360 | ||||||||||
| Wyandot | 1,567 | 47.72% | 1,670 | 50.85% | 47 | 1.43% | -103 | -3.13% | 3,284 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 231,809 | 52.33% | 187,421 | 42.31% | 23,736 | 5.36% | 44,388 | 10.02% | 442,966 | ||||||||||