1860 Presidential Election

Connecticut

Lincoln 54.1%21.5% Douglas

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Statewide Results

Abraham Lincoln

54.1%

43,792 votes

Stephen Douglas

21.5%

17,374 votes

John Breckinridge

20.4%

16,493 votes

John Bell

4.1%

3,291 votes

80,950 votes

Election Notes

See the note in the Tribune Almanac: "This table exhibits the votes of the first named elector on the Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell tickets; but in a number of towns a fusion ticket, made up of two names from each of the anti-Lincoln tickets, was voted, and as these votes were counted for the first elector on each of the three tickets, the above table does not exhibit the true strength of the parties. With the proper deductions, the opposition to Mr. Lincoln will foot as follows: Douglas, 15,522; Breckinridge, 14,641; Bell, 1,485; Fusion, 1,852. Total, 33,500."

Jurisdiction	Lincoln	Douglas	Breckinridge	Bell
Sum	43,792 54.1%	17,374 21.5%	16,493 20.4%	3,291 4.1%
Fairfield•	7,025 43.7%	3,177 19.7%	3,835 23.8%	2,055 12.8%
Hartford•	8,519 55.8%	3,145 20.6%	3,291 21.6%	302 2.0%
Litchfield•	5,118 60.0%	1,739 20.4%	1,672 19.6%	0 0.0%
Middlesex•	2,883 52.3%	1,180 21.4%	1,335 24.2%	110 2.0%
New Haven•	8,667 52.3%	2,940 17.8%	4,380 26.4%	575 3.5%
New London•	5,470 57.7%	2,598 27.4%	1,199 12.7%	211 2.2%
Tolland•	2,494 60.4%	1,139 27.6%	478 11.6%	18 0.4%
Windham•	3,616 67.0%	1,456 27.0%	303 5.6%	20 0.4%