Abraham Lincoln
won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. In
the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180
electoral votes, John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes,
John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received
12 electoral votes. Lincoln received his 180 electoral votes from18
of the 33 states. Lincoln received electoral votes from the
following states: California 4, Connecticut 6, Illinois 11, Indiana
13, Iowa 4, Maine 8, Massachusetts 13, Michigan 6, Minnesota 4, New
Hampshire 5, New Jersey 4 of the 7 electoral votes, New York 35,
Ohio 23, Oregon 3, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 5, and
Washington 5.
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