1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland 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 of Tennessee and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 0.79%.

Despite coming in a distant fourth place with 2,294 votes Abraham Lincoln did receive over 2,000 more votes than John C. Frémont received in 1856 and would later win the state in 1864 with 55% of the vote.

Results edit

1860 United States presidential election in Maryland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	42,482	45.93%
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	41,760	45.14%
	Democratic	Stephen A. Douglas	5,966	6.45%
	Republican	Abraham Lincoln	2,294	2.48%
Total votes			92,502	100%

Results by county edit


County	John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Stephen A. Douglas		Abraham Lincoln Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[2]
Allegany	979	23.17%	1521	36.00%	1203	28.47%	522	12.36%			4225
Anne Arundel	1017	47.11%	1041	48.22%	98	4.54%	3	0.14%			2159
Baltimore (City)	14956	49.61%	12604	41.81%	1503	4.99%	1083	3.59%			30146
Baltimore (County)	3305	46.04%	3388	47.19%	449	6.25%	37	0.52%			7179
Calvert	386	46.56%	399	48.13%	43	5.19%	1	0.12%			829
Caroline	616	42.75%	712	49.44%	100	6.94%	12	0.83%			1440
Carroll	1791	39.94%	2295	51.18%	339	7.56%	59	1.32%			4484
Cecil	1506	39.13%	1792	46.56%	393	10.21%	158	4.10%			3849
Charles	723	60.40%	430	35.92%	38	3.17%	6	0.50%			1197
Dorchester	1176	46.91%	1265	50.46%	31	1.24%	35	1.40%			2507
Frederick	3167	43.20%	3616	49.32%	445	6.07%	103	1.40%			7331
Harford	1527	42.99%	1862	52.42%	82	2.31%	81	2.28%			3552
Howard	530	34.19%	830	53.55%	189	12.19%	1	0.06%			1550
Kent	694	41.76%	852	51.26%	74	4.45%	42	2.53%			1662
Montgomery	1125	46.32%	1155	47.55%	99	4.08%	50	2.06%			2429
Prince George's	1048	53.01%	885	44.76%	43	2.18%	1	0.05%			1977
Queen Anne's	879	46.91%	908	48.45%	87	4.64%	0	0.00%			1874
St. Mary's	920	67.06%	261	19.02%	190	13.85%	1	0.07%			1372
Somerset	1339	45.14%	1536	51.79%	89	3.00%	2	0.07%			2966
Talbot	898	50.14%	793	44.28%	98	5.47%	2	0.11%			1791
Washington	2475	45.66%	2567	47.36%	283	5.22%	95	1.75%			5420
Worcester	1425	55.60%	1048	40.89%	90	3.51%	0	0.00%			2563
Total	42482	45.93%	41760	45.14%	5966	6.45%	2294	2.40%			92502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union edit

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union edit

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Democratic edit

Baltimore (city)

References edit

^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

[1] "1860 Presidential Election Results Maryland".

[2] "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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