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Franklin County, presidential election of 1860

Franklin County

51.90%Stephen A. Douglas (D), the most votes9,338Votes counted for president

Every election in Franklin County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1860

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What this is

Franklin County counted 9,338 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1860. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Stephen A. DouglasDemocratic4,84651.90%
Abraham LincolnRepublican4,29545.99%
OtherOther1972.11%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to Abraham Lincoln (Republican) with 52.32%, a 10.0-point margin over Stephen A. Douglas. The country elected Abraham Lincoln.
Against the state
Franklin County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was D+5.9 against Ohio's R+10.0: 15.9 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 70th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1856
From 1856 to 1860 the county's lean moved 2.1 points toward the Democrats, from D+3.9 to D+5.9.
Matched
Franklin County parted from Ohio and did not vote for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.

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Where this appears

The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.

Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1860-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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