FairfieldHartfordLitchfieldMiddlesexNew HavenNew LondonTollandWindham
Statewide Results
RAbraham Lincoln43,792 54.1%
26,418
DStephen Douglas17,374 21.5%
SJohn Breckinridge16,493 20.4%
CJohn Bell3,291 4.1%
  Total 80,950 100%
Election Notes
  • See the note in the Tribune Almanac: "This table exhibits the votes of the first named elector on the Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell tickets; but in a number of towns a fusion ticket, made up of two names from each of the anti-Lincoln tickets, was voted, and as these votes were counted for the first elector on each of the three tickets, the above table does not exhibit the true strength of the parties. With the proper deductions, the opposition to Mr. Lincoln will foot as follows: Douglas, 15,522; Breckinridge, 14,641; Bell, 1,485; Fusion, 1,852. Total, 33,500."
Jurisdiction Lincoln Douglas Breckinridge Bell
Sum 43,792
54.1%
17,374
21.5%
16,493
20.4%
3,291
4.1%
Fairfield 7,025
43.7%
3,177
19.7%
3,835
23.8%
2,055
12.8%
Hartford 8,519
55.8%
3,145
20.6%
3,291
21.6%
302
2.0%
Litchfield 5,118
60.0%
1,739
20.4%
1,672
19.6%
0
0.0%
Middlesex 2,883
52.3%
1,180
21.4%
1,335
24.2%
110
2.0%
New Haven 8,667
52.3%
2,940
17.8%
4,380
26.4%
575
3.5%
New London 5,470
57.7%
2,598
27.4%
1,199
12.7%
211
2.2%
Tolland 2,494
60.4%
1,139
27.6%
478
11.6%
18
0.4%
Windham 3,616
67.0%
1,456
27.0%
303
5.6%
20
0.4%
Source: The Tribune Almanac for 1861