1860 United States presidential election in Alabama

The 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Alabama was won by the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett as well as the Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois) and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge would win the state by a margin of 23.11%.

Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in the state. It would not participate in the 1864 election, which Lincoln won.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic

 * Autauga
 * Barbour
 * Bibb


 * Blount
 * Calhoun
 * Chambers
 * Cherokee
 * Choctaw
 * Clarke
 * Coffee
 * Conecuh
 * Coosa
 * Dale
 * Dallas
 * DeKalb
 * Fayette
 * Franklin
 * Henry
 * Jackson
 * Jefferson
 * Limestone
 * Lowndes
 * Marengo
 * Marion
 * Monroe
 * Montgomery
 * Morgan
 * Perry
 * Pickens
 * Pike
 * Randolph
 * Russell
 * St. Clair
 * Shelby
 * Sumter
 * Talladega
 * Tallapoosa
 * Tuscaloosa
 * Walker
 * Washington
 * Wilcox
 * Winston

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Southern Democratic

 * Lowndes
 * Montgomery
 * Perry
 * Tuscaloosa

Counties that flipped from Know Nothing to Constitutional Union

 * Baldwin
 * Butler
 * Greene
 * Macon

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Constitutional Union

 * Covington