See main article: 1860 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1856 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 1856 |
| Next Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
| Next Year: | 1864 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1860 |
| Image1: | John Bell (Restored).png |
| Nominee1: | John Bell |
| Party1: | Constitutional Union Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate1: | Edward Everett |
| Electoral Vote1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 69,728 |
| Percentage1: | 47.72% |
| Nominee2: | John C. Breckinridge |
| Party2: | Southern Democratic (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kentucky |
| Running Mate2: | Joseph Lane |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 65,097 |
| Percentage2: | 44.55% |
| 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: | 11,281 |
| Percentage3: | 7.72% |
| 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 Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Tennessee was won by the Constitutional Union candidate and Tennessee native Senator John Bell and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett. They defeated the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky) and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane or Oregon as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Bell won the state by a narrow margin of 3.17%.
Republican Party candidate and president-elect Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Tennessee. Tennessee was the only one of ten states where Lincoln was not on the ballot that would be carried by a candidate other than Breckinridge. Nonetheless, this is the last election in which Unionist Cocke County and Hancock County were not carried by the Republican presidential nominee.[1]