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The 1860 Election in
Missouri
The Liberty Tribune on December 14, 1860 was pleased to announce that the
voters of Missouri placed the Breckenridge Democrats in majority in both the House and
Senate. The Liberty Tribune reported the following numbers:
| Party |
Senate Seats |
House Seats |
Total |
| Breckenridge |
15 |
45 |
60 |
| Douglas |
10 |
36 |
46 |
| Opposition |
6 |
38 |
44 |
| Republican |
1 |
12 |
13 |
1860 Presidential Returns by County
IMPORTANT: See note below
table
|
Lincoln |
Breckenridge |
Douglas |
Bell |
Adair |
185 |
339 |
616 |
293 |
Andrew |
97 |
319 |
819 |
677 |
Atchison |
68 |
63 |
645 |
165 |
Audrain |
1 |
206 |
580 |
289 |
Barry |
1 |
286 |
257 |
333 |
Barton |
28 |
93 |
107 |
76 |
Bates |
30 |
348 |
511 |
386 |
Benton |
74 |
100 |
574 |
306 |
Bollinger |
23 |
99 |
250 |
166 |
Boone |
12 |
652 |
578 |
1,671 |
Buchanan |
452 |
614 |
1,626 |
1,287 |
Butler* |
1 |
17 |
235 |
88 |
Caldwell |
43 |
186 |
263 |
367 |
Callaway |
15 |
472 |
839 |
1,306 |
Camden |
6 |
132 |
269 |
224 |
Cape
Girardeau |
175 |
325 |
543 |
651 |
Carroll |
3 |
276 |
752 |
552 |
Carter |
0 |
83 |
4 |
16 |
Cass |
23 |
607 |
242 |
715 |
Cedar |
4 |
277 |
324 |
266 |
Chariton |
1 |
295 |
692 |
608 |
Christian |
0 |
368 |
120 |
342 |
Clark |
277 |
497 |
542 |
752 |
Clay |
0 |
305 |
528 |
1,045 |
Clinton |
11 |
314 |
368 |
674 |
Cole |
114 |
487 |
430 |
226 |
Cooper |
20 |
281 |
988 |
952 |
Crawford |
35 |
192 |
169 |
243 |
Dade* |
8 |
305 |
282 |
406 |
Dallas |
20 |
172 |
225 |
288 |
Daviess |
33 |
265 |
692 |
545 |
De
Kalb |
7 |
213 |
239 |
243 |
Dent |
7 |
338 |
207 |
243 |
Dunklin |
0 |
79 |
150 |
209 |
Franklin |
494 |
108 |
888 |
577 |
Gasconade |
433 |
51 |
188 |
157 |
Gentry |
201 |
259 |
873 |
517 |
Greene |
42 |
414 |
298 |
986 |
Grundy |
129 |
190 |
416 |
507 |
Harrison |
297 |
50 |
910 |
319 |
Henry |
16 |
232 |
623 |
703 |
Hickory |
15 |
143 |
298 |
197 |
Holt |
202 |
171 |
453 |
348 |
Howard |
0 |
247 |
939 |
920 |
Howell |
0 |
91 |
136 |
176 |
Iron |
109 |
36 |
349 |
194 |
Jackson |
191 |
943 |
1,095 |
1,473 |
Jasper* |
38 |
192 |
407 |
424 |
Jefferson |
149 |
155 |
490 |
419 |
Johnson |
18 |
527 |
617 |
1,224 |
Knox |
161 |
301 |
687 |
520 |
Laclede |
6 |
276 |
189 |
335 |
Lafayette |
24 |
371 |
774 |
1,577 |
Lawrence |
59 |
516 |
138 |
445 |
Lewis |
43 |
597 |
468 |
833 |
Lincoln |
3 |
396 |
806 |
725 |
Linn |
105 |
219 |
521 |
546 |
Livingston |
20 |
470 |
401 |
578 |
McDonald* |
3 |
195 |
206 |
138 |
Macon |
134 |
414 |
1,176 |
655 |
Madison |
9 |
98 |
305 |
226 |
Maries |
7 |
309 |
98 |
95 |
Marion |
235 |
432 |
1,240 |
1,386 |
Mercer |
80 |
169 |
682 |
491 |
Miller |
23 |
495 |
94 |
193 |
Mississippi |
1 |
185 |
233 |
305 |
Moniteau |
87 |
332 |
476 |
546 |
Monroe |
8 |
408 |
680 |
1,086 |
Montgomery |
45 |
83 |
612 |
658 |
Morgan |
18 |
204 |
550 |
321 |
New
Madrid |
0 |
160 |
117 |
223 |
Newton* |
22 |
255 |
654 |
406 |
Nodaway |
148 |
274 |
546 |
265 |
Oregon |
2 |
245 |
66 |
45 |
Osage |
258 |
308 |
235 |
190 |
Ozark |
0 |
155 |
81 |
69 |
Pemiscot |
0 |
70 |
118 |
154 |
Perry |
139 |
63 |
467 |
217 |
Pettis |
9 |
211 |
369 |
615 |
Phelps |
37 |
430 |
254 |
199 |
Pike |
15 |
420 |
1,117 |
1,300 |
Platte |
6 |
877 |
845 |
1,208 |
Polk |
4 |
477 |
125 |
730 |
Pulaski |
7 |
281 |
107 |
62 |
Putnam |
111 |
246 |
590 |
369 |
Ralls |
1 |
149 |
391 |
585 |
Randolph |
0 |
520 |
360 |
821 |
Ray |
9 |
233 |
881 |
1,006 |
Reynolds |
4 |
85 |
123 |
38 |
Ripley |
0 |
232 |
78 |
74 |
St.
Charles |
533 |
64 |
832 |
619 |
St.
Clair |
1 |
249 |
344 |
338 |
St.
Francois |
19 |
141 |
592 |
421 |
St.
Genevieve |
48 |
72 |
351 |
217 |
St.
Louis |
9,946 |
611 |
9,266 |
4,932 |
Saline |
0 |
366 |
563 |
1,035 |
Schuyler |
14 |
251 |
455 |
267 |
Scotland |
197 |
187 |
741 |
436 |
Scott |
6 |
192 |
215 |
243 |
Shannon |
2 |
123 |
27 |
38 |
Shelby |
90 |
293 |
476 |
702 |
Stoddard |
0 |
198 |
230 |
385 |
Stone |
0 |
112 |
83 |
31 |
Sullivan* |
83 |
575 |
557 |
373 |
Taney |
0 |
287 |
97 |
43 |
Texas |
6 |
511 |
61 |
194 |
Vernon |
0 |
380 |
151 |
207 |
Warren |
95 |
89 |
510 |
307 |
Washington |
28 |
62 |
635 |
493 |
Wayne |
3 |
291 |
185 |
245 |
Webster |
7 |
376 |
172 |
335 |
Wright |
0 |
369 |
44 |
128 |
TOTAL |
17,029 |
31,374 |
59,093 |
57,975 |
Rader |
17,028 |
31,317 |
58,801 |
58,372 |
Difference |
1 |
57 |
292 |
(397) |
* What's up with the red counties and the
totals?
When I decided to create this page, I did not realize how difficult it
would be to procure a list of votes for President by county. But after four
hours of going thru each and every abstract sent to the Secretary of State by each
respective county clerk, I had finally compiled a reasonable list. With the
exception of Butler, Dade, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, and Sullivan counties, the above
numbers are from the mentioned abstracts found at the Missouri State Archives,
Elections Division. They were double checked, but still the human factor is
present. Due to the six missing election returns, I had no way to perform a final
audit. If you believe the numbers to be incorrect for a given county, please contact
me and I will verify them once again!! If you are from one of the six named
counties, perhaps you will volunteer visit your courthouse and obtain the official returns
for me.
Numbers for the six above named counties are from the December 14, 1860 Liberty
Tribune. When compared to the actual number reported by the county clerks, the
list in this paper had many errors. So, it is likely there are errors with the
returns for these six counties. Rader's Civil Government and History of Missouri
by Perry S. Rader published in 1904 by The Hugh Stephens Printing Company of
Jefferson City offers the following totals: Lincoln, 17,028; Breckenridge, 31,317;
Douglas 58,801; and Bell, 58,372. These totals by Rader are supported by various,
both private and public, sources as the accurate vote for Missouri in 1860.
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