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Election in Tennessee
1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee
County Results
Bell
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Breckinridge
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Douglas
40-50%
Unknown/No Vote
The 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election . Tennessee voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Tennessee was won by the Senator John Bell (CU –Tennessee ), running with the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett , with 47.72% of the popular vote, against the 14th Vice President of the United States John Breckenridge (SD –Kentucky ), running with Senator Joseph Lane , with 44.55% of the popular vote and Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D –Illinois ), running with 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson , with 7.72% of the popular vote.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln (who was elected President) was not on the ballot in Tennessee, the only one of ten such states to be carried by a candidate other than Breckinridge.
Results
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