en 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 1860 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland was won by the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate the 15th Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as Democratic candidate Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a narrow margin of 0.79%.

Despite coming in a distant fourth place with 2,294 votes Abraham Lincoln did receive over 2,000 more votes than John C. Frémont received in 1856 and would later win the state in 1864 with 55% of the vote.

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Maryland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	42,482	45.93%
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	41,760	45.14%
	Democratic	Stephen A. Douglas	5,966	6.45%
	Republican	Abraham Lincoln	2,294	2.48%
Total votes			92,502	100%

Results by county


County	John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Stephen A. Douglas Democratic		Abraham Lincoln Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[2]
Allegany	979	23.17%	1,521	36.00%	1,203	28.47%	522	12.36%	-318	-7.53%	4,225
Anne Arundel	1,017	47.11%	1,041	48.22%	98	4.54%	3	0.14%	-24	-1.11%	2,159
Baltimore (City)	14,956	49.61%	12,604	41.81%	1,503	4.99%	1,083	3.59%	2,352	7.80%	30,146
Baltimore (County)	3,305	46.04%	3,388	47.19%	449	6.25%	37	0.52%	-83	-1.15%	7,179
Calvert	386	46.56%	399	48.13%	43	5.19%	1	0.12%	-13	-1.57%	829
Caroline	616	42.75%	712	49.44%	100	6.94%	12	0.83%	-96	-6.69%	1,440
Carroll	1,791	39.94%	2,295	51.18%	339	7.56%	59	1.32%	-504	-11.24%	4,484
Cecil	1,506	39.13%	1,792	46.56%	393	10.21%	158	4.10%	-286	-7.43%	3,849
Charles	723	60.40%	430	35.92%	38	3.17%	6	0.50%	293	24.48%	1,197
Dorchester	1,176	46.91%	1,265	50.46%	31	1.24%	35	1.40%	-89	-3.55%	2,507
Frederick	3,167	43.20%	3,616	49.32%	445	6.07%	103	1.40%	-449	-6.12%	7,331
Harford	1,527	42.99%	1,862	52.42%	82	2.31%	81	2.28%	-335	-9.43%	3,552
Howard	530	34.19%	830	53.55%	189	12.19%	1	0.06%	-300	-19.36%	1,550
Kent	694	41.76%	852	51.26%	74	4.45%	42	2.53%	-158	-9.50%	1,662
Montgomery	1,125	46.32%	1,155	47.55%	99	4.08%	50	2.06%	-30	-1.23%	2,429
Prince George's	1,048	53.01%	885	44.76%	43	2.18%	1	0.05%	163	8.25%	1,977
Queen Anne's	879	46.91%	908	48.45%	87	4.64%	0	0.00%	-29	-1.54%	1,874
St. Mary's	920	67.06%	261	19.02%	190	13.85%	1	0.07%	659	48.04%	1,372
Somerset	1,339	45.14%	1,536	51.79%	89	3.00%	2	0.07%	-197	-6.65%	2,966
Talbot	898	50.14%	793	44.28%	98	5.47%	2	0.11%	105	5.86%	1,791
Washington	2,475	45.66%	2,567	47.36%	283	5.22%	95	1.75%	-92	-1.70%	5,420
Worcester	1,425	55.60%	1,048	40.89%	90	3.51%	0	0.00%	377	14.71%	2,563
Totals:	42,482	45.93%	41,760	45.14%	5,966	6.45%	2,294	2.40%	722	0.79%	92,502