Missouri's 1860 Election Results

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:

	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)

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.

Party	Senate Seats	House Seats	Total
Breckenridge	15	45	60
Douglas	10	36	46
Opposition	6	38	44
Republican	1	12	13