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

Alabama 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 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 would win the state by a margin of 23.11%.

The Republican Party and its candidate Abraham Lincoln did not have significant ballot distribution in the state.

Results

Results by county +CountyJohn C. BreckinridgeSouthern DemocraticJohn BellConstitutional UnionStephen A. DouglasDemocraticMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%Autauga61148.53%25620.33%39231.14%21917.39%1,259Baldwin12928.17%24854.15%8117.69% -119 -25.98%458Barbour1,71572.52%64427.23%60.25%1,07145.29%2,365Bibb61345.41%58243.11%15511.48%312.30%1,350Blount69855.80%655.20%48839.01%21016.79%1,251Butler91843.55%1,07951.19%1115.27% -161 -7.64%2,108Calhoun2,34784.88%36413.16%541.95%1,98371.72%2,765Chambers1,01748.61%91843.88%1577.50%994.73%2,092Cherokee1,70669.46%52721.46%2239.08%1,17948.00%2,456Choctaw54246.25%47240.27%15813.48%705.98%1,172Clarke95274.14%25519.86%776.00%69754.28%1,284Coffee87868.92%39430.93%20.16%48437.99%1,274Conecuh35839.73%33837.51%20522.75%202.22%901Coosa93037.50%70628.47%84434.03%863.47%2,480Covington40448.56%41650.00%121.44% -12 -1.44%832Dale1,28081.95%27717.73%50.32%1,00364.22%1,562Dallas83346.48%62034.60%33918.92%21311.88%1,792DeKalb84967.65%20416.25%20216.10%64551.40%1,255Fayette1,29976.64%35921.18%372.18%94055.46%1,695Franklin90243.43%71534.42%46022.15%1879.01%2,077Greene69643.02%76547.28%1579.70% -69 -4.26%1,618Henry1,10977.77%31722.23%00.00%79255.54%1,426Jackson1,76071.69%1305.30%56523.01%1,19548.68%2,455Jefferson83172.07%24521.25%776.68%58650.82%1,153Lauderdale70636.39%44422.89%79040.72% -84 -4.33%1,940Lawrence 37025.15%52535.69%57639.16% -51 -3.47%1,471Limestone52242.96%36830.29%32526.75%15412.67%1,215Lowndes1,00760.81%59235.75%573.44%41525.06%1,656Macon1,18448.52%1,21049.59%461.89% -26 -1.07%2,440Madison59125.80%40017.46%1,30056.74% -709 -30.94%2,291Marengo83859.31%51236.23%634.46%32623.08%1,413Marion98679.20%19715.82%624.98%78963.38%1,245Marshall44132.21%16512.05%76355.73% -322 -23.52%1,369Mobile1,54130.86%1,62932.63%1,82336.51% -194 -3.88%4,993Monroe53044.20%44737.28%22218.52%836.92%1,199Montgomery1,55557.13%1,03437.99%1334.89%52119.14%2,722Morgan54944.35%14411.63%54544.02%40.33%1,238Perry98252.46%79142.25%995.29%19110.21%1,872Pickens1,21165.60%61933.53%160.87%59232.07%1,846Pike1,58154.67%1,22742.43%842.90%35412.24%2,892Randolph1,73465.58%56721.44%34312.97%1,16744.14%2,644Russell99352.26%85444.95%532.79%1397.31%1,900St. Clair96369.93%17412.64%24017.43%72352.50%1,377Shelby85353.01%57035.43%18611.56%28317.58%1,609Sumter68252.83%47336.64%13610.53%20916.19%1,291Talladega1,30752.87%1,09144.13%742.99%2168.74%2,472Tallapoosa1,45148.06%1,27042.07%2989.87%1815.99%3,019Tuscaloosa1,21953.82%1,02345.17%231.02%1968.65%2,265Walker44652.35%10312.09%30335.56%14316.79%852Washington17649.58%15543.66%246.76%215.92%355Wilcox83364.03%35527.29%1138.69%47836.74%1,301Winston20352.05%4010.26%14737.69%5614.36%390Totals:48,66954.00%27,83530.89%13,61815.11%20,83423.11%90,122

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic

Autauga Barbour Bibb Blount Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Choctaw Clarke Coffee Conecuh Coosa Dale Dallas DeKalb Fayette Franklin Henry Jackson Jefferson Limestone Lowndes Marengo Marion Monroe Montgomery Morgan Perry Pickens Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Shelby Sumter Talladega Tallapoosa Tuscaloosa Walker Washington Wilcox Winston

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic

Lowndes Montgomery Perry Tuscaloosa

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

Baldwin Butler Greene Macon

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

Covington

See also United States presidential elections in Alabama

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