1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

   

Constituency

Bell

Breckenridge

Douglas

Lincoln

Total Votes

U.S.

592,906

848,356

1,382,713

1,865,593

 

Tennessee

69,671

64,940

11,354

0

145,965

Bradley

710(40.11%)

759(42.88%)

301(17.01%)

0

1770

McMinn

986

978

141

0

2105

Meigs

150

521(68.64%)

88

0

759

Monroe

915

1099

52

0

2066

Polk

396

825(64.25%)

63

0

1284

Rhea

289

386

24

0

699

 

Sources:

·        American Nation, 11th ed., A20.

·        Eric Russell Lacy.  Vanquished Volunteers: East Tennessee Sectionalism from Statehood to Secession.  2nd ed.  1965; Johnson City , TN : Overmountain Press, 1971.