Results of the presidential election of 1860, won by Abraham Lincoln with 180 electoral votes.
Read The Full ArticlePresident: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Secretary of State: William H. Seward (1861-1865)
Secretary of the Treasury: Salmon P. Chase (1861-1864), William P. Fessenden (1864-1865)
Secretary of War: Simon Cameron (1861-1862), Edwin Stanton (1862-1865)
Attorney General: Edward Bates (1861-1864), James Speed (1864-1865)
Postmaster General: Montgomery Blair (1861-1864), William Dennison Jr. (1864-1865)
Secretary of the Navy: Gideon Welles (1861-1865)
Minnesota and Oregon become states during this election cycle. Original 13 states control fewer than 50% of total Electoral Votes for first time. Lincoln received only about 40% of the popular vote in a divided nation on the brink of Civil War.
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Alabama
9
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
4
California
4
Colorado
Connecticut
6
Delaware
3
District of Columbia
Florida
3
Georgia
10
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
11
Indiana
13
Iowa
4
Kansas
Kentucky
12
Louisiana
6
Maine
8
Maryland
8
Massachusetts
13
Michigan
6
Minnesota
4
Mississippi
7
Missouri
9
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
5
New Jersey
7
New Mexico
New York
35
North Carolina
10
North Dakota
Ohio
23
Oklahoma
Oregon
3
Pennsylvania
27
Rhode Island
4
South Carolina
8
South Dakota
Tennessee
12
Texas
4
Utah
Vermont
5
Virginia
15
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
5
Wyoming
