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The results of the 1860 U.S. presidential election are provided in the table.

American presidential election, 1860
presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes
Sources: Electoral and popular vote totals based on data from the United States Office of the Federal Register and Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, 4th ed. (2001).
Abraham Lincoln Republican 180 1,866,452
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic 72 847,953
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 12 1,380,202
John Bell Constitutional Union 39 590,901