Missouri was won by
Democratic candidate
Stephen A. Douglas, by a very narrow margin of 0.26%. The state was the only one to fully give its votes to Douglas, though he won the popular vote and three of the seven electoral votes from
New Jersey under a
fusion ticket.
As of the
2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when
Putnam County,
Ozark County, and
Taney County voted for a candidate running as a Democrat, with the former voting for Douglas and the latter two voting for Breckinridge. This was the first time in American history that four candidates each won at least one county in the same state, something that has only been repeated in
1912.[1]
Results
1860 United States presidential election in Missouri[2]
Missouri was won by
Democratic candidate
Stephen A. Douglas, by a very narrow margin of 0.26%. The state was the only one to fully give its votes to Douglas, though he won the popular vote and three of the seven electoral votes from
New Jersey under a
fusion ticket.
As of the
2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when
Putnam County,
Ozark County, and
Taney County voted for a candidate running as a Democrat, with the former voting for Douglas and the latter two voting for Breckinridge. This was the first time in American history that four candidates each won at least one county in the same state, something that has only been repeated in
1912.[1]
Results
1860 United States presidential election in Missouri[2]