The 1860 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The Republican Party and its candidate Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state.
Results
Results By Parish +1860 United States Presidential Election in Louisiana (By Parish)ParishJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticTotal votescast#%#%#%Ascension14418.49%27935.82%35645.70%779Assumption 31130.43%23322.80%47846.77%1,022Avoyelles 75071.63%29027.70%70.67%1,047Bienville 68261.50%29326.42%13412.08%1,109Bossier 48961.36%25331.74%556.90%797Caddo 64852.68%54544.31%373.01%1,230Calcasieu 39694.29%245.71%00.00%420Caldwell 32563.48%13626.56%519.96%512Carroll 53053.75%39840.37%585.88%986Catahoula67659.56%43938.68%201.76%1,135Claiborne 89650.28%72040.40%1669.32%1,782Concordia17552.71%15245.78%51.51%332De Soto63463.40%36436.40%20.20%1,000East Baton Rouge49041.00%56947.62%13611.38%1,195East Feliciana 37748.03%27735.29%13116.69%785Franklin 34254.98%24038.59%406.43%622Iberville53561.85%22926.47%10111.68%865Jackson52754.16%33734.64%10911.20%973Jefferson 19812.47%98461.96%40625.57%1,588Lafayette46886.67%7113.15%10.19%540Lafourche 21420.44%32430.95%50948.62%1,047Livingston 42553.73%24931.48%11714.79%791Madison 17233.14%25549.13%9217.73%519Morehouse38149.16%34744.77%476.06%775Natchitoches 75454.09%53438.31%1067.60%1,394Orleans2,64524.36%5,21548.03%2,99827.61%10,858Ouachita 31239.00%34042.50%14818.50%800Plaquemines 26759.60%5412.05%12728.35%448Pointe Coupee 62670.34%19321.69%717.98%890Rapides1,03659.06%62035.35%985.59%1,754Sabine 42060.69%22732.80%456.50%692St. Bernard18666.19%5619.93%3913.88%281St. Charles7948.47%6841.72%169.82%163St. Helena 33151.64%29245.55%182.81%641St. James 16028.57%29252.14%10819.29%560St. John the Baptist 12932.91%17644.90%8722.19%392St. Landry 96151.50%88447.37%211.13%1,866St. Mary 46248.99%39241.57%889.33%943St. Martin57248.15%56747.73%494.12%1,188St. Tammany 16430.43%24345.08%13224.49%539Tensas 25464.96%13434.27%30.77%391Terrebonne 44145.70%44045.60%848.70%965Union 72655.85%55242.46%221.69%1,300Vermilion 21159.60%14240.11%10.28%354Washington 38776.79%11222.22%50.99%504West Baton Rouge 14737.50%21855.61%276.89%392West Feliciana 27255.17%18838.13%336.69%493Winn 35441.55%25730.16%24128.29%852Total22,68144.90%20,20440.00%7,62515.10%50,510
Analysis Louisiana was won by Southern Democratic candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. The ticket defeated the Constitutional Union ticket of Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Massachusetts Governor Edward Everett along with Northern Democrat Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate Georgia Governor Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 4.90%. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state.
This was the first time Louisiana ever voted for a losing candidate since it began popular vote elections for president in 1828. Even when its vote was chosen by the state legislature, the only time it voted for a candidate who did not win was in 1824, when it voted for Andrew Jackson, but Jackson won the nationwide popular vote. Thus, this was the first time Louisiana ever voted by any means for a candidate who lost the electoral vote and popular vote.
See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana
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