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

Results by county +CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticAbraham LincolnRepublicanMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#% Allegany97923.17%1,52136.00%1,20328.47%52212.36% -318 -7.53%4,225 Anne Arundel1,01747.11%1,04148.22%984.54%30.14% -24 -1.11%2,159 Baltimore (City)14,95649.61%12,60441.81%1,5034.99%1,0833.59%2,3527.80%30,146 Baltimore (County)3,30546.04%3,38847.19%4496.25%370.52% -83 -1.15%7,179 Calvert38646.56%39948.13%435.19%10.12% -13 -1.57%829 Caroline61642.75%71249.44%1006.94%120.83% -96 -6.69%1,440 Carroll1,79139.94%2,29551.18%3397.56%591.32% -504 -11.24%4,484 Cecil1,50639.13%1,79246.56%39310.21%1584.10% -286 -7.43%3,849 Charles72360.40%43035.92%383.17%60.50%29324.48%1,197 Dorchester1,17646.91%1,26550.46%311.24%351.40% -89 -3.55%2,507 Frederick3,16743.20%3,61649.32%4456.07%1031.40% -449 -6.12%7,331 Harford1,52742.99%1,86252.42%822.31%812.28% -335 -9.43%3,552 Howard53034.19%83053.55%18912.19%10.06%-300-19.36%1,550 Kent69441.76%85251.26%744.45%422.53% -158 -9.50%1,662 Montgomery1,12546.32%1,15547.55%994.08%502.06% -30 -1.23%2,429 Prince George's1,04853.01%88544.76%432.18%10.05%1638.25%1,977 Queen Anne's87946.91%90848.45%874.64%00.00% -29 -1.54%1,874 St. Mary's92067.06%26119.02%19013.85%10.07%65948.04%1,372 Somerset1,33945.14%1,53651.79%893.00%20.07% -197 -6.65%2,966 Talbot89850.14%79344.28%985.47%20.11%1055.86%1,791 Washington2,47545.66%2,56747.36%2835.22%951.75% -92 -1.70%5,420 Worcester1,42555.60%1,04840.89%903.51%00.00%37714.71%2,563Totals:42,48245.93%41,76045.14%5,9666.45%2,2942.40%7220.79%92,502

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union Alleghany Caroline

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

Anne Arundel Baltimore Calvert Carroll Cecil Dorchester Frederick Harford Howard Kent Montgomery Queen Anne's Somerset Washington

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic Baltimore (city)

See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1860 United States presidential election 1860 United States elections

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