1860 United States presidential election in New York

The 1860 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New York was the tipping state in this election, and had Lincoln lost it there would have been a contingent election decided by Congress.

New York was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln, who defeated the Democratic fusion ticket.

Lincoln won New York by a margin of 7.39 percentage points.

New York in the election was one of the four states that had a fusion ticket for the Democratic Party. The other three states were New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

New York was home to a prominent Republican politician, William H. Seward who was widely expected to be nominated in the Republican Convention.

New York was key to the election; a Lincoln loss there would deadlock the Electoral College. Soon after his return from his Midwest tour, Seward embarked on another, speaking to large crowds across the state of New York. At his advisor Thurlow Weed's urging, he went to New York City and gave a patriotic speech before a large crowd on November 3, only three days before the election.

Results 1860 United States presidential election in New YorkPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Abraham Lincoln 353,804 53.70% 35 Fusion Stephen A. Douglas / John Bell / John C. Breckinridge 305,101 46.30% 0 Totals 658,905 100.00% 35

Results by county County Abraham LincolnRepublican Stephen A. DouglasJohn BellJohn C. BreckinridgeFusion Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Albany9,83546.85%11,15853.15%-1,323-6.30%20,993Allegany6,44371.76%2,53528.24%3,90843.53%8,978Broome4,55461.31%2,87438.69%1,68022.62%7,428Cattaraugus5,95563.52%3,42036.48%2,53527.04%9,375Cayuga7,92266.69%3,95633.31%3,96633.39%11,878Chautauqua8,48169.80%3,67030.20%4,81139.59%12,151Chemung2,94954.35%2,47745.65%4728.70%5,426Chenango5,68560.63%3,69139.37%1,99421.27%9,376Clinton3,96154.76%3,27245.24%6899.53%7,233Columbia5,10851.97%4,72048.03%3883.95%9,828Cortland3,89369.46%1,71230.54%2,18138.91%5,605Delaware5,00159.83%3,35840.17%1,64319.66%8,359Dutchess6,76352.63%6,08647.37%6775.27%12,849Erie12,43053.29%10,89746.71%1,5336.57%23,327Essex3,45465.80%1,79534.20%1,65931.61%5,249Franklin3,10355.98%2,44044.02%66311.96%5,543Fulton3,11151.79%2,89648.21%2153.58%6,007Genesee4,46464.51%2,45635.49%2,00829.02%6,920Greene3,13747.00%3,53753.00%-400-5.99%6,674Herkimer5,30261.17%3,36638.83%1,93622.34%8,668Jefferson8,79661.35%5,54238.65%3,25422.69%14,338Kings15,88343.54%20,59956.46%-4,716-12.93%36,482Lewis3,25758.84%2,27841.16%97917.69%5,535Livingston5,17861.34%3,26438.66%1,91422.67%8,442Madison6,28966.15%3,21833.85%3,07132.30%9,507Monroe10,80859.69%7,30040.31%3,50819.37%18,108Montgomery3,52852.03%3,25347.97%2754.06%6,781New York33,29034.76%62,482 65.24%-29,192-30.48%95,772Niagara4,99257.12%3,74842.88%1,24414.23%8,740Oneida12,50858.07%9,03141.93%3,47716.14%21,539Onondaga11,24360.77%7,25939.23%3,98421.53%18,502Ontario5,76461.27%3,64338.73%2,12122.55%9,407 Orange5,89849.53%6,01150.47%-113-0.95%11,909Orleans3,85963.20%2,24736.80%1,61226.40%6,106Oswego9,07662.62%5,41837.38%3,65825.24%14,494Otsego6,54356.28%5,08243.72%1,46112.57%11,625Putnam1,24348.33%1,32951.67%-86-3.34%2,572Queens3,74946.06%4,39253.94%-642-7.89%8,140Rensselaer8,46449.92%8,49250.08%-28-0.17%16,956Richmond1,40837.27%2,37062.73%-962-25.46%3,778Rockland1,41037.32%2,37062.68%-958-25.36%3,778Saratoga5,90056.42%4,55743.58%1,34312.84%10,457Schenectady2,15451.89%1,99748.11%1573.78%4,151Schoharie3,27943.77%4,21256.23%-933-12.45%7,491Schuyler2,55159.88%1,70940.12%84219.77%4,260Seneca3,02550.23%2,99749.77%280.46%6,022St. Lawrence11,32473.66%4,04926.34%7,27547.32%15,373Steuben8,25062.16%5,02337.84%3,22724.31%13,273Suffolk3,75651.61%3,52148.39%2353.23%7,277Sullivan2,94448.15%3,17051.85%-226-3.70%6,114Tioga3,76057.80%2,74542.20%1,01515.60%6,505Tompkins4,34858.96%3,02741.04%1,32117.91%7,375Ulster6,77552.05%6,24247.95%5234.09%13,017Warren2,71957.96%1,97242.04%74715.92%4,691Washington6,17363.91%3,48636.09%2,68727.82%9,659Wayne6,66862.85%3,94237.15%2,72625.69%10,610Westchester6,77145.45%8,12654.55%-1,355-9.10%14,897Wyoming4,49865.27%2,39334.73%2,10530.55%6,891Yates3,01467.17%1,47332.83%1,54134.34%4,487Totals353,80453.70%305,10146.30%48,7037.39%658,905

New York City results Results by ward (New York County) Ward LincolnRepublican Fusion Total Votes % Votes % Votes 1 504 25.90% 1,442 74.10% 1,946 2 223 35.34% 408 64.66% 631 3 285 33.33% 570 66.67% 855 4 498 19.64% 2,037 80.36% 2,535 5 1,144 34.76% 2,147 65.24% 3,291 6 397 12.31% 2,827 87.69% 3,224 7 1,435 29.90% 3,365 70.10% 4,800 8 1,641 34.40% 3,130 65.60% 4,771 9 2,944 42.67% 3,956 57.33% 6,900 10 1,463 40.03% 2,192 59.97% 3,655 11 1,943 31.51% 4,224 68.49% 6,167 12 991 32.40% 2,068 67.60% 3,059 13 1,347 36.43% 2,351 63.57% 3,698 14 748 20.91% 2,830 79.09% 3,578 15 1,737 40.73% 2,528 59.27% 4,265 16 2,473 41.98% 3,418 58.02% 5,891 17 2,975 34.33% 5,690 65.67% 8,665 18 2,130 33.43% 4,242 66.57% 6,372 19 1,180 38.92% 1,852 61.08% 3,032 20 2,822 39.15% 4,386 60.85% 7,208 21 2,269 38.69% 3,596 61.31% 5,865 22 2,141 41.33% 3,039 58.67% 5,180 Totals 33,290 34.83% 62,298 65.17% 95,588

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Erie Franklin

Counties that flipped from American to Republican Ulster

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Orange Rensselaer

Counties that flipped from American to Democratic Queens Sullivans

See also United States presidential elections in New York

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