1860 Presidential Election (Losers Become the President)

1860 United States presidential election

November 6, 1860

Nominee John C. Breckinridge Abraham Lincoln John C. Fremont Party Southern Democratic Republican Republican Home state Kentucky Illinois California Running mate Joseph Lane Hannibal Hamlin William L. Dayton Electoral vote 162 81 36 States carried 17 7 7 Popular vote 2,999,203 1,865,908 590,901 Percentage 31.9% 28.9% 29.5%   Nominee John Bell Stephen A. Douglas Party Constitutional Union Democratic Home state Tennessee Illinois Running mate Edward Everett Herschel V. Johnson Electoral vote 15 9 States carried 1 (later 2) 1 Popular vote 1,380,202 1,103,405 Percentage 12.6% 5.0%

President before election John C. Fremont Republican Elected President John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic

Nominations

1860 Republican Party ticket
Abraham Lincoln	Hannibal Hamlin
for President	for Vice President
U.S. Representative for Illinois's 7th (1847–1865)	U.S. Senator from Maine (1848–1857 & 1857–1865)

1860 Second Republican Party ticket
John C. Fremont	William L. Dayton
for President	for Vice President
President of the United States (1857–1861)	Vice-President of the United States (1857–1861)

1860 Democratic Party ticket
Stephen A. Douglas	Herschel V. Johnson
for President	for Vice President
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U.S. Senator from Illinois (1847–1863)	41st Governor of Georgia (1853–1857)

1860 Constitutional Union Party ticket
John Bell	Edward Everett
for President	for Vice President
Former U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1847–1859)	Former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1853–1854)

1860 Southern Democratic Party ticket
John C. Breckinridge	Joseph Lane
for President	for Vice President
U.S. Representive from Kentucky (1851–1865)	U.S. Senator from Oregon (1859–1861)