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Abraham Lincoln
Republican
 
 
Stephen A. Douglas
Democratic-Northern
 
 
John C. Breckingridge
Democratic-Southern
 
 
John Bell
Constitutional Union
 
 
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1860 President General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckingridge
John Bell
 Write-Ins Blanks Spoiled Total Votes Cast
Totals
33,808
8,649
1,866
217
 12 0 0 44,552
Addison
 
80
3
0
0
 0 0 0 83
Albany
 
82
25
11
0
 0 0 0 118
Alburgh
 
113
21
13
1
 0 0 0 148
Andover
 
100
2
0
0
 0 0 0 102
Arlington
 
114
24
24
12
 0 0 0 174
Athens
 
63
3
14
0
 0 0 0 80
Bakersfield
 
141
7
29
1
 0 0 0 178
Baltimore
 
23
0
0
0
 0 0 0 23
Barnard
 
158
44
44
0
 0 0 0 246
Barnet
 
188
45
24
0
 0 0 0 257
Barre Town
 
265
62
1
0
 0 0 0 328
Barton
 
101
28
3
0
 0 0 0 132
Belvidere
 
11
17
0
0
 0 0 0 28
Bennington
 
382
179
16
0
 0 0 0 577
Benson
 
146
16
2
0
 0 0 0 164
Berkshire
 
117
21
14
1
 0 0 0 153
Berlin
 
122
20
0
0
 1 0 0 143
Bethel
 
214
68
10
2
 0 0 0 294
Bloomfield
 
25
40
0
0
 0 0 0 65
Bolton
 
43
18
1
0
 0 0 0 62
Bradford
 
212
98
44
27
 0 0 0 381
Braintree
 
116
27
0
0
 0 0 0 143
Brandon
 
403
102
5
0
 0 0 0 510
Brattleboro
 
558
78
74
8
 0 0 0 718
Bridgewater
 
161
135
0
0
 0 0 0 296
Bridport
 
147
18
1
0
 0 0 0 166
Brighton
 
69
58
3
0
 0 0 0 130
Bristol
 
170
44
4
0
 0 0 0 218
Brookfield
 
136
44
12
0
 0 0 0 192
Brookline
 
39
4
4
0
 0 0 0 47
Brownington
 
64
2
3
0
 0 0 0 69
Brunswick
 
15
14
0
0
 0 0 0 29
Burke
 
138
32
0
0
 0 0 0 170
Burlington
 
608
231
44
15
 2 0 0 900
Cabot
 
133
48
5
0
 0 0 0 186
Calais
 
137
53
10
0
 0 0 0 200
Cambridge
 
125
53
3
0
 0 0 0 181
Canaan
 
32
34
0
0
 0 0 0 66
Castleton
 
303
182
0
3
 0 0 0 488
Cavendish
 
243
28
3
2
 0 0 0 276
Charleston
 
126
22
1
0
 0 0 0 149
Charlotte
 
115
13
0
0
 0 0 0 128
Chelsea
 
261
80
9
0
 0 0 0 350
Chester
 
350
46
14
0
 0 0 0 410
Chittenden
 
47
10
1
0
 0 0 0 58
Clarendon
 
140
21
2
0
 0 0 0 163
Colchester
 
83
55
1
0
 0 0 0 139
Concord
 
214
40
1
0
 0 0 0 255
Corinth
 
139
106
3
2
 0 0 0 250
Cornwall
 
109
2
0
0
 0 0 0 111
Coventry
 
130
1
13
0
 0 0 0 144
Craftsbury
 
120
27
0
1
 0 0 0 148
Danby
 
141
22
17
0
 0 0 0 180
Danville
 
168
70
22
3
 0 0 0 263
Derby
 
175
22
9
1
 0 0 0 207
Dorset
 
187
73
2
0
 0 0 0 262
Dover
 
124
11
6
0
 0 0 0 141
Dummerston
 
119
2
24
0
 0 0 0 145
Duxbury
 
72
26
0
0
 0 0 0 98
E. Haven
 
19
3
0
0
 0 0 0 22
E. Montpelier
 
113
32
0
0
 0 0 0 145
Eden
 
109
2
3
0
 0 0 0 114
Elmore
 
52
9
0
0
 0 0 0 61
Enosburgh
 
150
16
6
2
 0 0 0 174
Essex
 
129
28
6
0
 0 0 0 163
Fair Haven
 
189
53
3
0
 0 0 0 245
Fairfax
 
176
23
17
0
 0 0 0 216
Fairfield
 
87
51
11
1
 0 0 0 150
Fairlee
 
70
25
19
5
 0 0 0 119
Fayston
 
30
2
0
0
 0 0 0 32
Ferrisburgh
 
129
8
0
0
 0 0 0 137
Fletcher
 
77
20
4
0
 0 0 0 101
Franklin
 
132
16
12
0
 0 0 0 160
Georgia
 
147
9
0
0
 0 0 0 156
Glastenbury
 
4
16
0
0
 0 0 0 20
Glover
 
114
22
5
2
 2 0 0 145
Goshen
 
67
2
0
0
 0 0 0 69
Grafton
 
171
5
23
0
 0 0 0 199
Granby
 
20
12
0
0
 0 0 0 32
Grand Isle
 
67
22
1
5
 0 0 0 95
Granville
 
89
15
1
0
 0 0 0 105
Greensboro
 
102
26
2
1
 0 0 0 131
Groton
 
53
12
3
1
 0 0 0 69
Guildhall
 
73
35
0
0
 0 0 0 108
Guilford
 
165
0
18
0
 0 0 0 183
Halifax
 
146
6
10
0
 0 0 0 162
Hancock
 
63
7
0
0
 0 0 0 70
Hardwick
 
161
23
10
10
 0 0 0 204
Hartford
 
257
71
3
4
 0 0 0 335
Hartland
 
201
31
20
0
 0 0 0 252
Highgate
 
157
82
5
0
 0 0 0 244
Hinesburg
 
163
0
0
0
 0 0 0 163
Holland
 
55
30
0
0
 0 0 0 85
Hubbardton
 
75
9
1
0
 0 0 0 85
Huntington
 
119
14
0
0
 0 0 0 133
Hyde Park
 
116
40
7
0
 0 0 0 163
Irasburg
 
145
9
1
0
 0 0 0 155
Isle La Motte
 
56
17
8
0
 0 0 0 81
Jamaica
 
181
12
11
0
 0 0 0 204
Jay
 
29
4
11
0
 0 0 0 44
Jericho
 
146
26
1
0
 0 0 0 173
Johnson
 
193
20
1
0
 0 0 0 214
Kirby
 
57
7
12
0
 0 0 0 76
Landgrove
 
66
7
3
1
 0 0 0 77
Leicester
 
94
21
10
0
 0 0 0 125
Lemington
 
13
20
0
1
 0 0 0 34
Lincoln
 
154
3
0
0
 0 0 0 157
Londonderry
 
193
18
15
0
 0 0 0 226
Lowell
 
81
24
1
0
 0 0 0 106
Ludlow
 
250
14
7
2
 0 0 0 273
Lunenburg
 
135
35
6
0
 0 0 0 176
Lyndon
 
208
72
10
0
 0 0 0 290
Maidstone
 
11
19
0
0
 0 0 0 30
Manchester
 
227
17
30
0
 0 0 0 274
Marlboro
 
88
43
4
0
 0 0 0 135
Marshfield
 
102
25
0
0
 0 0 0 127
Mendon
 
23
42
0
0
 0 0 0 65
Middlebury
 
312
65
13
15
 0 0 0 405
Middlesex
 
83
30
0
0
 0 0 0 113
Middletown Springs
 
129
31
0
0
 0 0 0 160
Milton
 
198
46
1
1
 0 0 0 246
Monkton
 
132
15
2
0
 0 0 0 149
Montgomery
 
79
10
1
0
 0 0 0 90
Montpelier
 
541
180
3
2
 0 0 0 726
Moretown
 
71
63
0
0
 0 0 0 134
Morgan
 
75
1
0
0
 0 0 0 76
Morristown
 
175
46
13
3
 0 0 0 237
Mount Holly
 
193
24
0
0
 0 0 0 217
Mount Tabor
 
28
0
0
0
 0 0 0 28
New Haven
 
134
0
5
1
 0 0 0 140
Newark
 
56
48
4
0
 0 0 0 108
Newbury
 
206
44
57
0
 0 0 0 307
Newfane
 
116
24
20
0
 0 0 0 160
Newport City
 
58
4
3
0
 0 0 0 65
N. Hero
 
47
4
9
0
 0 0 0 60
Northfield
 
358
300
12
0
 0 0 0 670
Norwich
 
210
7
92
1
 0 0 0 310
Orange
 
75
19
0
0
 0 0 0 94
Orwell
 
146
15
4
0
 0 0 0 165
Panton
 
23
3
0
0
 0 0 0 26
Pawlet
 
200
36
10
0
 0 0 0 246
Peacham
 
138
18
29
2
 0 0 0 187
Peru
 
83
11
0
0
 0 0 0 94
Pittsfield
 
115
12
5
0
 0 0 0 132
Pittsford
 
204
35
21
6
 0 0 0 266
Plainfield
 
127
88
0
0
 0 0 0 215
Plymouth
 
159
211
0
0
 0 0 0 370
Pomfret
 
125
36
0
0
 0 0 0 161
Poultney
 
314
40
2
2
 0 0 0 358
Pownal
 
110
117
2
0
 0 0 0 229
Putney
 
230
9
21
0
 0 0 0 260
Randolph
 
347
74
2
0
 0 0 0 423
Reading
 
123
34
0
0
 0 0 0 157
Readsboro
 
83
32
1
0
 0 0 0 116
Richford
 
66
36
1
0
 0 0 0 103
Richmond
 
109
27
2
2
 1 0 0 141
Ripton
 
52
6
0
0
 0 0 0 58
Rochester
 
264
19
21
1
 0 0 0 305
Rockingham
 
327
84
104
1
 0 0 0 516
Roxbury
 
71
60
2
0
 0 0 0 133
Royalton
 
234
40
7
5
 0 0 0 286
Rupert
 
140
0
4
0
 0 0 0 144
Rutland Town
 
740
499
23
11
 0 0 0 1,273
Ryegate
 
88
34
0
0
 0 0 0 122
Salem
 
22
0
1
0
 0 0 0 23
Salisbury
 
89
20
1
0
 0 0 0 110
Sandgate
 
84
18
0
0
 0 0 0 102
Searsburg
 
30
3
0
0
 0 0 0 33
Shaftsbury
 
156
77
0
0
 0 0 0 233
Sharon
 
129
57
1
0
 0 0 0 187
Sheffield
 
79
26
17
0
 0 0 0 122
Shelburne
 
82
26
0
2
 0 0 0 110
Sheldon
 
125
52
5
0
 0 0 0 182
Sherburne
 
65
42
0
0
 0 0 0 107
Shoreham
 
127
16
0
0
 0 0 0 143
Shrewsbury
 
110
34
2
0
 0 0 0 146
Somerset
 
15
0
0
0
 0 0 0 15
S. Hero
 
50
25
10
0
 0 0 0 85
Springfield
 
551
76
8
0
 0 0 0 635
St. Albans City
 
380
115
17
15
 0 0 0 527
St. George
 
35
9
0
0
 0 0 0 44
St. Johnsbury
 
514
101
33
3
 0 0 0 651
Stamford
 
71
69
0
0
 0 0 0 140
Starksboro
 
129
7
0
0
 0 0 0 136
Stockbridge
 
190
28
29
0
 0 0 0 247
Stowe
 
303
64
3
0
 0 0 0 370
Strafford
 
191
64
7
3
 0 0 0 265
Stratton
 
57
14
0
1
 0 0 0 72
Sudbury
 
62
50
7
0
 0 0 0 119
Sunderland
 
36
29
8
0
 0 0 0 73
Sutton
 
96
29
0
0
 0 0 0 125
Swanton
 
145
80
5
0
 0 0 0 230
Thetford
 
219
76
25
1
 0 0 0 321
Tinmouth
 
76
0
1
0
 0 0 0 77
Topsham
 
142
61
20
0
 0 0 0 223
Townshend
 
200
9
40
0
 0 0 0 249
Troy
 
126
15
26
1
 0 0 0 168
Tunbridge
 
209
50
0
0
 0 0 0 259
Underhill
 
137
27
11
0
 0 0 0 175
Vergennes
 
215
42
3
0
 0 0 0 260
Vernon
 
101
1
21
1
 0 0 0 124
Vershire
 
81
49
10
0
 0 0 0 140
Victory
 
20
2
0
0
 0 0 0 22
Waitsfield
 
122
24
0
0
 8 0 0 154
Walden
 
46
22
7
0
 0 0 0 75
Wallingford
 
253
42
0
1
 0 0 0 296
Waltham
 
26
2
0
0
 0 0 0 28
Wardsboro
 
143
33
12
2
 0 0 0 190
Warren
 
153
14
2
0
 0 0 0 169
Washington
 
95
55
3
0
 0 0 0 153
Waterbury
 
230
116
1
2
 0 0 0 349
Waterford
 
103
19
16
1
 0 0 0 139
Waterville
 
83
40
1
0
 0 0 0 124
Weathersfield
 
217
20
7
1
 0 0 0 245
Wells
 
88
34
14
0
 0 0 0 136
W. Fairlee
 
70
54
0
0
 0 0 0 124
W. Haven
 
60
12
0
0
 0 0 0 72
W. Windsor
 
154
11
1
0
 0 0 0 166
Westfield
 
107
11
30
0
 0 0 0 148
Westford
 
155
12
2
0
 0 0 0 169
Westminster
 
157
9
11
2
 0 0 0 179
Westmore
 
37
20
0
0
 0 0 0 57
Weston
 
196
10
3
0
 0 0 0 209
Weybridge
 
70
7
1
1
 0 0 0 79
Wheelock
 
46
23
2
0
 0 0 0 71
Whiting
 
69
23
2
0
 0 0 0 94
Whitingham
 
194
36
21
0
 0 0 0 251
Williamstown
 
145
47
1
0
 0 0 0 193
Williston
 
119
13
0
5
 0 0 0 137
Wilmington
 
232
56
8
2
 0 0 0 298
Windham
 
113
4
9
0
 0 0 0 126
Windsor
 
237
50
10
7
 0 0 0 304
Winhall
 
140
13
1
0
 0 0 0 154
Wolcott
 
113
21
6
0
 0 0 0 140
Woodbury
 
101
46
1
0
 0 0 0 148
Woodford
 
24
25
3
0
 0 0 0 52
Woodstock
 
567
87
11
1
 0 0 0 666
Worcester
 
110
20
6
0
 0 0 0 136
Totals
33,808
8,649
1,866
217
 12 0 0 44,552