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Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. Lincoln received his 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Texas in the 1860 presidential election.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 14y agoTo the best of my knowledge, there are no official records to show if President Abraham Lincoln received any votes from the slave states in the election of 1860. If there were records, they more than likely got destroyed over the years by carelessness, fire, or flood. Today, it's a much different story than some 150 years ago, as far as record keeping goes. I can tell you the following information about the Election of 1860:
Abraham Lincoln (Republican) - 1,865,593 Popular Votes and 180 Electoral Votes.
John C. Breckinridge (Democrat/Southern) - 848,356 Popular Votes and 72 Electoral Votes.
Stephen A. Douglas (Democrat/Northern) - 1,382,713 Popular Votes and 12 Electoral Votes.
John Bell (Constitutional Union) - 592,906 Popular Votes and 39 Electoral Votes.
ELECTORAL VOTE = 303
Lincoln won the majority of the electoral votes in 18 states - California; Connecticut; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Maine; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; Vermont; and Wisconsin.
Breckinridge won the electoral votes in 11 states - Alabama; Arkansas; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; and Texas.
Bell won the electoral votes in 3 states - Kentucky; Tennessee; and Virginia.
Douglas won the majority of electoral votes in only 1 state - Missouri.
NOTE: Since it was the Southern States that left the Union, it is assumed that Lincoln received no votes within that region of the country. However, since there's no official documentation, no one will ever be able to prove whether Abraham Lincoln got or didn't get any votes in the slave states, during the 1860 Presidential Election.
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∙ 7y agoAbraham Lincoln received 0 electoral votes from the Southern state of Texas which instead gave its 4 electoral votes to John C. Breckinridge.
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How many states cast their election votes for Lincoln?
my name is ghamdan aljahmi and i think he had about 11 states.
How many state cast their electoral votes for Lincoln?
In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes, John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. Lincoln received his 180 electoral votes from18 of the 33 states. He received electoral votes from the following states: California 4, Connecticut 6, Illinois 11, Indiana 13, Iowa 4, Maine 8, Massachusetts 13, Michigan 6, Minnesota 4, New Hampshire 5, New Jersey 4 of the 7 electoral votes, New York 35, Ohio 23, Oregon 3, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 5, and Washington 5.
How did the emancipation proclamation affect the north and the south?
The South believed that US President Lincoln was attempting to start a slave revolt in the South which would have been damaging and cost many lives both slave and Southern lives. Lincoln was not trying to do that however. His goal was to allow slaves freed when Union troops invading slave states in the Confederacy to migrate North and also to serve in the Union military. ( this was later on )In the North four states were slave states. These were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. Slave owners in these states were uncomfortable with Lincoln's proclamation and slaves in these border states were surely confused.
Should Lincoln have freed the slaves in the border states?
No. It would have alienated many influential slave-owners, and driven those states into the arms of the Confederacy.
How many states cast there electoral vote for Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4%), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. Lincoln received his 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln received electoral votes from the following states: California 4, Connecticut 6, Illinois 11, Indiana 13, Iowa 4, Maine 8, Massachusetts 13, Michigan 6, Minnesota 4, New Hampshire 5, New Jersey 4 of the 7 electoral votes, New York 35, Ohio 23, Oregon 3, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 5, and Washington 5.
How many states were slave states in 1850?
There were fifteen slave states,
How many votes did Abraham Lincoln get to become president?
14454254
How many slave states were there in 1837?
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
How many people voted for Abraham Lincoln?
1860 U. S. Presidential / Vice Presidential Election Results:180 votes - Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin72 votes - John C. Breckinridge / Joseph Lane39 votes - John Bell / Edward Everett12 votes - Stephen A. Douglas / Herschel V. Johnson1864 U. S. Presidential / Vice Presidential Election Results:212 votes - Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson21 votes - George B. McClellan / George H. Pendleton
How did Abraham Lincoln get so many votes for the election?
Pretty much all of the north states voted for him, but the south almost 100% voted for the other candidate. The north had a higher population so Lincoln won.
How many votes did Lincoln get when he was elected president?
In 1860 Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States winning 40% of the popular vote. Lincoln was very upset when he learned that he received only 6 votes in the county of his birth, Hardin County, Kentucky. It seems that some scandal-mongers were casting doubt about Lincoln's parentage, saying Nancy Lincoln was a prostitute and gave birth to Abraham by another man.
How many states voted for Lincoln in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4%), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 1,865,908 (39.8%), Breckinridge 848,019 (18.1%), Bell 590,901 (12.6%), and Douglas 1,380,202 (29.5%).
