Who won Alabama in the 1860 presidential election?

Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) carried Alabama in 1860, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1860?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 1860 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1860?

No. Alabama backed Breckinridge, while Abraham Lincoln won the presidency nationally.

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1860

Alabama: Breckinridge carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Breckinridge (Southern Democratic). National winner: Abraham Lincoln (Republican) — Alabama voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Alabama, 1860

In 1860, Alabama awarded its 9 electoral votes to Breckinridge of the Southern Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Alabama among the states he did not carry.

Breckinridge's win closed out Alabama's 8-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida joined Alabama for the Southern Democratic ticket, while Tennessee did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Civil War — Lincoln, war, and Reconstruction begins.

In the national count, Abraham Lincoln took 180 of the 303 electoral votes, against John C. Breckinridge's 72. Abraham Lincoln led the national popular vote with 39.65% of the ballots cast.

The 1860 national map

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