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Results by state

		Abraham Lincoln Republican			Stephen Douglas (Northern) Democratic			John Breckinridge (Southern) Democratic			John Bell Constitutional Union			Fusion (Non-Republican) (Democratic Fusion)			State Total
State	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#
Alabama	9	no ballots			0001361813,618	15.1	-	0004866948,669	54.0	9	27,835	30.9	-	no ballots			90,122	AL
Arkansas	4	no ballots			5,357	9.9	-	28,732	53.1	4	20,063	37.0	-	no ballots			54,152	AR
California	4	38,733	32.3	4	37,999	31.7	-	33,969	28.4	-	9,111	7.6	-	no ballots			119,812	CA
Connecticut	6	43,488	58.1	6	15,431	20.6	-	14,372	19.2	-	1,528	2.0	-	no ballots			74,819	CT
Delaware	3	3,822	23.7	-	1,066	6.6	-	7,339	45.5	3	3,888	24.1	-	no ballots			16,115	DE
Florida	3	no ballots			223	1.7	-	8,277	62.2	3	4,801	36.1	-	no ballots			13,301	FL
Georgia	10	no ballots			11,581	10.9	-	52,176	48.9	10	42,960	40.3	-	no ballots			106,717	GA
Illinois	11	172,171	50.7	11	160,215	47.2	-	2,331	0.7	-	4,914	1.4	-	no ballots			339,631	IL
Indiana	13	139,033	51.1	13	115,509	42.4	-	12,295	4.5	-	5,306	1.9	-	no ballots			272,143	IN
Iowa	4	70,302	54.6	4	55,639	43.2	-	1,035	0.8	-	1,763	1.4	-	no ballots			128,739	IA
Kentucky	12	1,364	0.9	-	25,651	17.5	-	53,143	36.3	-	66,058	45.2	12	no ballots			146,216	KY
Louisiana	6	no ballots			7,625	15.1	-	22,681	44.9	6	20,204	40.0	-	no ballots			50,510	LA
Maine	8	62,811	62.2	8	29,693	29.4	-	6,368	6.3	-	2,046	2.0	-	no ballots			100,918	ME
Maryland	8	2,294	2.5	-	5,966	6.4	-	42,482	45.9	8	41,760	45.1	-	no ballots			92,502	MD
Massachusetts	13	106,684	62.9	13	34,370	20.3	-	6,163	3.6	-	22,331	13.2	-	no ballots			169,548	MA
Michigan	6	88,481	57.2	6	65,057	42.0	-	805	0.5	-	415	0.3	-	no ballots			154,758	MI
Minnesota	4	22,069	63.4	4	11,920	34.3	-	748	2.2	-	50	0.1	-	no ballots			34,787	MN
Mississippi	7	no ballots			3,282	4.7	-	40,768	59.0	7	25,045	36.2	-	no ballots			69,095	MS
Missouri	9	17,028	10.3	-	58,801	35.5	9	31,362	18.9	-	58,372	35.3	-	no ballots			165,563	MO
New Hampshire	5	37,519	56.9	5	25,887	39.3	-	2,125	3.2	-	412	0.6	-	no ballots			65,943	NH
New Jersey	7	58,346	48.1	4^{[nb 1]}	no ballots		3^{[nb 2]}	no ballots		-	no ballots		-	62,869^{[nb 3]}	51.9	-^{[nb 4]}	121,215	NJ
New York	35	362,646	53.7	35	no ballots		-	no ballots		-	no ballots		-	312,510	46.3	-^{[nb 5]}	675,156	NY
North Carolina	10	no ballots			2,737	2.8	-	48,846	50.5	10	45,129	46.7	-	no ballots			96,712	NC
Ohio	23	231,709	52.3	23	187,421	42.3	-	11,406	2.6	-	12,194	2.8	-	no ballots			442,730	OH
Oregon	3	5,329	36.1	3	4,136	28.0	-	5,075	34.4	-	218	1.5	-	no ballots			14,758	OR
Pennsylvania	27	268,030	56.3	27	16,765	3.5	-^{[nb 6]}	no ballots			12,776	2.7	-	178,871^{[nb 7]}	37.5	-^{[nb 8]}	476,442	PA
Rhode Island	4	12,244	61.4	4	7,707^{[nb 9]}	38.6	-	no ballots			no ballots			no ballots			19,951	RI
South Carolina	8	no popular vote			no popular vote			no popular vote		8	no popular vote			no popular vote			-	SC
Tennessee	12	no ballots			11,281	7.7	-	65,097	44.6	-	69,728	47.7	12	no ballots			146,106	TN
Texas	4	no ballots			18	0.0	-	47,454	75.5	4	15,383	24.5	-	no ballots			62,855	TX
Vermont	5	33,808	75.7	5	8,649	19.4	-	218	0.5	-	1,969	4.4	-	no ballots			44,644	VT
Virginia	15	1,887	1.1	-	16,198	9.7	-	74,325	44.5	-	74,481	44.6	15	no ballots			166,891	VA
Wisconsin	5	86,110	56.6	5	65,021	42.7	-	887	0.6	-	161	0.1	-	no ballots			152,179	WI
TOTALS:	303	1,865,908	39.8	180	1,004,823	21.5	12	669,148	14.3	72	590,901	12.6	39	554,250	11.8	0	4,685,030	US
TO WIN:	152

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dubin, Michael J., United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860: The Official Results by County and State, McFarland & Company, 2002, p. 187
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dubin, Michael J., United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860: The Official Results by County and State, McFarland & Company, 2002, p. 188

Key dates in election

Election No.	Presidential Election	Electoral College Vote	Electoral Vote tabulated by a Joint Session of Congress	Inauguration
19	November 6, 1860	December 5, 1860	February 13, 1861	March 4, 1861

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