1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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Election Name:	1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:	United States
Flag Year:	1859
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1856 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:	1856
Next Election:	1864 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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:	5
Popular Vote1:	86,110
Percentage1:	56.56%
Nominee2:	Stephen A. Douglas
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	Herschel V. Johnson
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	65,021
Percentage2:	42.71%
Map Size:	315px
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 Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wisconsin was won by the Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Hannibal Hamlin. They defeated the Democratic Party candidate Stephen A. Douglas and his running mate Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 13.85%.

This was the last election until 1904 that Calumet County would vote for a Republican candidate. Additionally, Manitowoc County and Jefferson County would not vote Republican again until 1896. Green Lake County, established in 1858 and participating in its first presidential election, voted for Lincoln and would continue to back the statewide winner in every presidential election until 1940.

Results

+ General Election Results^[1]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	William W. Vaughn	86,110
	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Herman Lindeman	86,109
	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	J. Allen Barber	86,106
	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Bradford Rixford	86,099
	Republican Party	Abraham Lincoln	Walter D. McIndoe	86,088
	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Charles Dunn	65,021
	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Emil Rothe	65,012
	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Edward G. Ryan	65,009
	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Jarius C. Farichild	65,007
	Democratic Party	Stephen A. Douglas	Benjamin Ferguson	64,898
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Samuel Elmore	888
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Henry S. Pierpont	888
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Isaac J. Ullman	887
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Hnery D. Barron	886
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	Napoleon B. Van Slyke	886
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Robert Chandler	161
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Hugh Cameron	160
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Richard Dart	160
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Talbot C. Dousman	160
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	Benjamin F. Pixley	160
	Write-in		Scattering	58
Votes cast				152,238

Results By County

County	Abraham Lincoln Republican		Stephen A. Douglas Democratic		John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Margin		Total votes cast
County		%		%		%		%		%	Total votes cast
	Adams		844		73.71%		296		25.85%		5	0.44%	0	0.00%	548	47.86%	1,145
	Ashland		35		52.24%		32		47.76%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	3	4.48%	67
	Bad Ax		1,145		70.16%		465		28.49%		22	1.35%	0	0.00%	680	41.67%	1,632
	Brown		873		41.14%		1,239		58.39%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-366	-17.25%	2,122
	Buffalo		459		70.62%		189		29.08%		1	0.15%	1	0.15%	270	41.54%	650
	Calumet		706		53.85%		605		46.15%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	101	7.70%	1,311
	Chippewa		256		51.51%		241		48.49%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	15	3.02%	497
	Clark		152		62.55%		89		36.63%		2	0.82%	0	0.00%	63	25.93%	243
	Columbia		3,386		67.63%		1,614		32.23%		4	0.08%	3	0.06%	1,772	35.39%	5,007
	Crawford		828		49.70%		832		49.94%		6	0.36%	0	0.00%	-4	-0.24%	1,666
	Dane		4,798		53.22%		4,174		46.30%		40	0.44%	3	0.03%	624	6.92%	9,015
	Dodge		4,398		49.42%		4,456		50.07%		43	0.48%	2	0.02%	-58	-0.65%	8,899
	Door		250		67.02%		123		32.98%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	127	34.05%	373
	Douglas		70		45.75%		66		43.14%		15	9.80%	2	1.31%	4	2.61%	153
	Dunn		564		61.71%		341		37.31%		9	0.98%	0	0.00%	223	24.40%	914
	Eau Claire		490		57.51%		342		40.14%		19	2.23%	1	0.12%	148	17.37%	852
	Fond du Lac		4,106		57.65%		3,001		42.14%		3	0.04%	12	0.17%	1,105	15.52%	7,122
	Grant		3,579		64.67%		1,922		34.73%		33	0.60%	0	0.00%	1,657	29.94%	5,534
	Green		2,372		64.00%		1,324		35.73%		10	0.27%	0	0.00%	1,048	28.28%	3,706
	Green Lake		1,957		72.97%		708		26.40%		17	0.63%	0	0.00%	1,249	46.57%	2,682
	Iowa		1,909		53.96%		1,581		44.69%		46	1.30%	2	0.06%	328	9.27%	3,538
	Jackson		654		75.96%		207		24.04%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	447	51.92%	861
	Jefferson		3,077		52.30%		2,794		47.49%		4	0.07%	1	0.02%	283	4.81%	5,883
	Juneau		1,033		57.90%		737		41.31%		9	0.50%	5	0.28%	296	16.59%	1,784
	Kenosha		1,637		63.92%		920		35.92%		4	0.16%	0	0.00%	717	28.00%	2,561
	Kewaunee		326		32.15%		688		67.85%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-362	-35.70%	1,014
	La Crosse		1,477		63.53%		765		32.90%		65	2.80%	18	0.77%	712	30.62%	2,325
	La Pointe		43		58.90%		4		5.48%		26	35.62%	0	0.00%	17	23.28%	73
	Lafayette		1,736		47.05%		1,898		51.44%		47	1.27%	9	0.24%	-162	-4.39%	3,690
	Manitowoc		2,041		51.06%		1,947		48.71%		9	0.23%	0	0.00%	94	2.35%	3,997
	Marathon		219		31.06%		481		68.23%		4	0.57%	1	0.14%	-262	-37.16%	705
	Marquette		781		46.79%		882		52.85%		6	0.36%	0	0.00%	-101	-6.05%	1,669
	Milwaukee		4,831		41.52%		6,726		57.81%		39	0.34%	38^[2]	0.33%	-1,895	-16.29%	11,634
	Monroe		1,229		65.72%		631		33.74%		2	0.11%	8	0.43%	598	31.98%	1,870
	Oconto		598		67.57%		286		32.32%		1	0.11%	0	0.00%	312	35.25%	885
	Outagamie		832		43.02%		1,082		55.95%		20	1.03%	0	0.00%	-250	-12.93%	1,934
	Ozaukee		627		25.51%		1,823		74.17%		8	0.33%	0	0.00%	-1,196	-48.66%	2,458
	Pepin		326		73.76%		105		23.76%		11	2.49%	0	0.00%	221	50.00%	442
	Pierce		637		60.67%		411		39.14%		2	0.19%	0	0.00%	226	21.52%	1,050
	Polk		199		59.58%		122		36.53%		12	3.59%	1	0.30%	77	23.05%	334
	Portage		944		64.13%		471		32.00%		57	3.87%	0	0.00%	473	32.13%	1,472
	Racine		2,634		60.55%		1,659		38.14%		8	0.18%	8	0.18%	975	22.41%	4,350
	Richland		1,167		59.12%		776		39.31%		28	1.42%	3	0.15%	391	19.81%	1.974
	Rock		5,198		72.34%		1,916		26.66%		64	0.89%	8	0.11%	3,282	45.67%	7,186
	Sauk		2,309		69.28%		985		29.55%		37	1.11%	2	0.06%	1,324	39.72%	3,333
	Shawano		163		58.84%		114		41.16%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	49	17.69%	277
	Sheboygan		2,731		55.54%		2,179		44.32%		7	0.14%	0	0.00%	552	11.23%	4,917
	St. Croix		664		52.53%		597		47.23%		3	0.24%	0	0.00%	67	5.30%	1,264
	Trempealeau		490		78.53%		134		21.47%		0	0.00%	0	0.00%	356	57.05%	624
	Walworth		3,910		70.85%		1,591		28.83%		15	0.27%	3	0.05%	2,319	42.02%	5,519
	Washington		939		25.47%		2,747		74.51%		1	0.03%	0	0.00%	-1,808	-49.04%	3,687
	Waukesha		3,020		53.81%		2,563		45.67%		10	0.18%	19	0.34%	457	8.14%	5,612
	Waupaca		1,340		69.07%		575		29.64%		16	0.82%	9	0.46%	765	39.43%	1,940
	Waushara		1,534		78.15%		405		20.63%		24	1.22%	0	0.00%	1,129	57.51%	1,963
	Winnebago		3,225		63.21%		1,859		36.44%		16	0.31%	2	0.04%	1,366	26.77%	5,102
	Wood		362		50.21%		301		41.75%		58	8.04%	0	0.00%	61	8.46%	721
Total	86,110	56.56%	65,021	42.71%	888	0.58%	161	0.11%	21,089	13.85%	152,238

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes and References

Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at a General Election held in the Several Counties in the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday Succeeding the first Monday being the Sixth day of November 1860
Book: The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1861. Election Returns. 58. New York Tribune.