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United States presidential election in Texas, 1860

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November 6, 1860
  
1872 →

47,548
  
15,438

4
  
0

75.5%
  
24.5%

United States presidential election in Texas, 1860

The 1860 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 6, 1860. Texas voters chose 4 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the President and Vice President.

Texas voted for the Southern Democratic nominee John C. Breckinridge, who received 75% of the vote. Texas was Breckinridge's strongest state.

Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Texas.

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United States presidential election in Texas, 1860 Wikipedia