The 1860 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi 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 running mate 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a margin of 22.75%.
The Republican Party and its candidate Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state.
Results
Results by county +1860 United States Presidential Election in Mississippi (by county)CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticTotal votescast#%#%#%Adams 37638.29%44845.62%15816.09%982Amite 42752.52%38347.11%30.37%813Attala 1,03066.03%52533.65%50.32%1,560Bolivar21843.00%27754.64%122.37%507Calhoun 79165.92%35529.58%544.50%1,200Carroll 1,18559.73%78839.72%110.55%1,984Claiborne42159.30%26337.04%263.66%710Clarke 90468.33%34325.93%765.74%1,323Chickasaw 1,07165.23%53832.76%332.01%1,642Choctaw 1,33666.70%64232.05%251.25%2,003Coahoma 15738.48%21051.47%4110.05%408Copiah 1,05265.59%53833.54%140.87%1,604Covington 39177.43%10620.99%81.58%505De Soto 74537.42%84542.44%40120.14%1,991Franklin 33567.81%15631.58%30.61%494Greene 25084.75%4515.25%00.00%295Hancock 25784.54%4715.46%00.00%304Harrison46083.94%8816.06%00.00%548Hinds 1,61558.56%1,10339.99%401.45%2,758Holmes 78455.25%62644.12%90.63%1,419Issaquena10442.80%13354.73%62.47%243Itawamba 1,68468.07%72729.39%632.55%2,474Jackson 21683.72%259.69%176.59%258Jasper 71265.26%36133.09%181.65%1,091Jefferson 33351.39%26641.05%497.56%648Jones 26473.33%9626.67%00.00%360Kemper 68954.81%49939.70%695.49%1,257Lafayette 1,03455.47%68636.80%1447.73%1,864Lauderdale95165.77%35324.41%1429.82%1,446Lawrence 84084.76%14614.73%50.50%991Leake 69065.09%36834.72%20.19%1,060Lowndes 92956.61%67641.19%362.19%1,641Madison 62753.68%52444.86%171.46%1,168Marion 29888.96%3510.45%20.60%335Marshall 1,14945.67%1,09843.64%26910.69%2,516Monroe 1,27365.82%61231.64%492.53%1,934Neshoba 73280.97%16217.92%101.11%904Newton 68473.55%21723.33%293.12%930Noxubee 70158.42%44236.83%574.75%1,200Oktibbeha 74672.78%25925.27%201.95%1,025Panola 55138.34%70048.71%18612.94%1,437Perry 20164.42%10533.65%61.92%312Pike 83178.99%22121.01%00.00%1,052Pontotoc 1,51256.08%84531.34%33912.57%2,696Rankin 67656.71%50542.37%110.92%1,192Scott 69369.30%29929.90%80.80%1,000Simpson 37072.69%13626.72%30.59%509Smith 51768.39%23430.95%50.66%756Sunflower 17355.45%13844.23%10.32%312Tallahatchie 28548.63%26645.39%355.97%586Tippah 1,45657.41%82632.57%25410.02%2,536Tishomingo1,74850.48%1,41240.77%3038.75%3,463Tunica 12245.02%14051.66%93.32%271Warren 58039.22%81655.17%835.61%1,479Washington18047.24%20152.76%00.00%381Wayne 18062.07%11037.93%00.00%290Wilkinson 40453.02%32442.52%344.46%762Winston 80072.60%29927.13%30.27%1,102Yalobusha 91954.00%70741.54%764.47%1,702Yazoo 68848.08%73951.64%40.28%1,431Total40,79759.02%25,04036.23%3,2834.75%69,120
See also United States presidential elections in Mississippi
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