NCAAdairAndrewAtchisonAudrainBarryBartonBatesBentonBollingerBooneBuchananButlerCaldwellCallawayCamdenCape GirardeauCarrollCarterCassCedarCharitonChristianClarkClayClintonColeCooperCrawfordDadeDallasDaviessDe KalbDentDouglasDunklinFranklinGasconadeGentryGreeneGrundyHarrisonHenryHickoryHoltHowardHowellIronJacksonJasperJeffersonJohnsonKnoxLacledeLafayetteLawrenceLewisLincolnLinnLivingstonMaconMadisonMariesMarionMcDonaldMercerMillerMississippiMoniteauMonroeMontgomeryMorganNew MadridNewtonNodawayOregonOsageOzarkPemiscotPerryPettisPhelpsPikePlattePolkPulaskiPutnamRallsRandolphRayReynoldsRipleySalineSchuylerScotlandScottShannonShelbySt. CharlesSt. ClairSt. FrancoisSt. LouisSte. GenevieveStoddardStoneSullivanTaneyTexasVernonWarrenWashingtonWayneWebsterWright
Statewide Results
DStephen Douglas58,801 35.5%
429
CJohn Bell58,372 35.3%
SJohn Breckinridge31,362 18.9%
RAbraham Lincoln17,028 10.3%
  Total 165,563 100%
Election Notes
  • The votes for Douglas County are included with those for Ozark.
Jurisdiction Douglas Bell Breckinridge Lincoln
Sum 58,801
35.5%
58,372
35.3%
31,362
18.9%
17,028
10.3%
Adair 616
43.0%
293
20.4%
339
23.7%
185
12.9%
Andrew 819
42.8%
677
35.4%
319
16.7%
97
5.1%
Atchison 645
68.5%
165
17.5%
63
6.7%
68
7.2%
Audrain 289
26.9%
580
53.9%
206
19.1%
1
0.1%
Barry 257
29.3%
333
38.0%
286
32.6%
1
0.1%
Barton 107
35.2%
76
25.0%
93
30.6%
28
9.2%
Bates 511
40.1%
386
30.3%
348
27.3%
30
2.4%
Benton 574
54.5%
306
29.0%
100
9.5%
74
7.0%
Bollinger 250
46.5%
166
30.9%
99
18.4%
23
4.3%
Boone 578
19.8%
1,671
57.4%
652
22.4%
12
0.4%
Buchanan 1,626
40.9%
1,287
32.3%
614
15.4%
452
11.4%
Butler 235
68.9%
88
25.8%
17
5.0%
1
0.3%
Caldwell 263
30.6%
367
42.7%
186
21.7%
43
5.0%
Callaway 839
31.9%
1,306
49.6%
472
17.9%
15
0.6%
Camden 269
42.6%
224
35.5%
132
20.9%
6
1.0%
Cape Girardeau 543
32.1%
651
38.4%
325
19.2%
175
10.3%
Carroll 752
47.5%
552
34.9%
276
17.4%
3
0.2%
Carter 4
3.9%
16
15.5%
83
80.6%
0
0.0%
Cass 242
15.2%
715
45.1%
607
38.2%
23
1.4%
Cedar 324
37.2%
266
30.5%
277
31.8%
4
0.5%
Chariton 692
43.4%
608
38.1%
295
18.5%
1
0.1%
Christian 120
15.6%
342
44.4%
308
40.0%
0
0.0%
Clark 542
26.2%
752
36.4%
497
24.0%
277
13.4%
Clay 528
28.1%
1,045
55.6%
305
16.2%
0
0.0%
Clinton 368
26.9%
674
49.3%
314
23.0%
11
0.8%
Cole 430
34.2%
226
18.0%
487
38.7%
114
9.1%
Cooper 988
44.1%
952
42.5%
281
12.5%
20
0.9%
Crawford 169
22.6%
353
47.1%
192
25.6%
35
4.7%
Dade 283
28.2%
406
40.5%
305
30.4%
8
0.8%
Dallas 225
31.9%
288
40.9%
172
24.4%
20
2.8%
Daviess 692
45.1%
545
35.5%
265
17.3%
33
2.1%
De Kalb 239
34.0%
243
34.6%
213
30.3%
7
1.0%
Dent 207
26.0%
243
30.6%
338
42.5%
7
0.9%
Dunklin 150
34.2%
209
47.7%
79
18.0%
0
0.0%
Franklin 888
43.0%
577
27.9%
108
5.2%
494
23.9%
Gasconade 188
22.7%
157
18.9%
51
6.2%
433
52.2%
Gentry 873
47.2%
517
27.9%
259
14.0%
201
10.9%
Greene 298
17.1%
986
56.7%
414
23.8%
42
2.4%
Grundy 416
33.5%
507
40.8%
190
15.3%
129
10.4%
Harrison 910
57.7%
319
20.2%
50
3.2%
297
18.8%
Henry 623
39.6%
703
44.7%
232
14.7%
16
1.0%
Hickory 298
45.6%
197
30.2%
143
21.9%
15
2.3%
Holt 453
38.6%
348
29.6%
171
14.6%
202
17.2%
Howard 939
44.6%
920
43.7%
247
11.7%
1
0.0%
Howell 136
33.7%
176
43.7%
91
22.6%
0
0.0%
Iron 349
50.8%
194
28.2%
36
5.2%
108
15.7%
Jackson 1,095
29.6%
1,473
39.8%
943
25.5%
191
5.2%
Jasper 407
38.4%
424
40.0%
192
18.1%
38
3.6%
Jefferson 490
40.5%
416
34.4%
155
12.8%
149
12.3%
Johnson 617
25.9%
1,224
51.3%
527
22.1%
18
0.8%
Knox 687
41.2%
520
31.2%
301
18.0%
161
9.6%
Laclede 189
23.4%
335
41.6%
276
34.2%
6
0.7%
Lafayette 774
28.2%
1,577
57.4%
371
13.5%
24
0.9%
Lawrence 138
11.9%
445
38.4%
516
44.6%
59
5.1%
Lewis 468
24.1%
833
42.9%
597
30.8%
43
2.2%
Lincoln 806
41.8%
725
37.6%
396
20.5%
3
0.2%
Linn 521
37.5%
546
39.3%
219
15.7%
105
7.5%
Livingston 401
27.3%
578
39.3%
470
32.0%
20
1.4%
Macon 1,176
49.4%
655
27.5%
414
17.4%
134
5.6%
Madison 305
47.8%
226
35.4%
98
15.4%
9
1.4%
Maries 98
19.3%
95
18.7%
309
60.7%
7
1.4%
Marion 1,240
37.7%
1,386
42.1%
432
13.1%
235
7.1%
McDonald 206
38.1%
138
25.5%
194
35.9%
3
0.6%
Mercer 682
48.0%
491
34.5%
169
11.9%
80
5.6%
Miller 94
11.7%
193
24.0%
495
61.5%
23
2.9%
Mississippi 233
32.2%
305
42.1%
185
25.6%
1
0.1%
Moniteau 476
33.0%
546
37.9%
332
23.0%
87
6.0%
Monroe 680
31.2%
1,086
49.8%
408
18.7%
8
0.4%
Montgomery 612
43.8%
658
47.1%
83
5.9%
45
3.2%
Morgan 550
50.3%
321
29.4%
204
18.7%
18
1.6%
New Madrid 117
23.4%
223
44.6%
160
32.0%
0
0.0%
Newton 654
48.9%
406
30.4%
255
19.1%
22
1.6%
Nodaway 546
44.3%
265
21.5%
274
22.2%
147
11.9%
Oregon 66
18.4%
45
12.6%
245
68.4%
2
0.6%
Osage 235
23.7%
190
19.2%
308
31.1%
258
26.0%
Ozark 81
26.6%
69
22.6%
155
50.8%
0
0.0%
Pemiscot 118
34.5%
154
45.0%
70
20.5%
0
0.0%
Perry 467
52.7%
217
24.5%
63
7.1%
139
15.7%
Pettis 369
30.6%
615
51.1%
211
17.5%
9
0.7%
Phelps 254
27.6%
199
21.6%
430
46.7%
37
4.0%
Pike 1,117
39.2%
1,300
45.6%
420
14.7%
15
0.5%
Platte 845
28.8%
1,208
41.1%
877
29.9%
6
0.2%
Polk 125
9.4%
730
54.6%
477
35.7%
4
0.3%
Pulaski 107
23.4%
62
13.6%
281
61.5%
7
1.5%
Putnam 590
44.8%
369
28.0%
246
18.7%
111
8.4%
Ralls 391
34.7%
585
52.0%
149
13.2%
1
0.1%
Randolph 360
21.2%
821
48.3%
520
30.6%
0
0.0%
Ray 881
41.4%
1,006
47.3%
233
10.9%
9
0.4%
Reynolds 123
49.2%
38
15.2%
85
34.0%
4
1.6%
Ripley 78
20.3%
74
19.3%
232
60.4%
0
0.0%
Saline 563
28.7%
1,035
52.7%
366
18.6%
0
0.0%
Schuyler 455
46.1%
267
27.1%
251
25.4%
14
1.4%
Scotland 741
47.5%
436
27.9%
187
12.0%
197
12.6%
Scott 215
32.8%
243
37.0%
192
29.3%
6
0.9%
Shannon 27
13.9%
38
19.6%
127
65.5%
2
1.0%
Shelby 476
30.5%
702
45.0%
293
18.8%
90
5.8%
St. Charles 832
40.6%
619
30.2%
64
3.1%
534
26.1%
St. Clair 344
35.2%
338
34.6%
294
30.1%
1
0.1%
St. Francois 592
50.5%
421
35.9%
141
12.0%
19
1.6%
St. Louis 9,264
37.4%
4,931
19.9%
610
2.5%
9,945
40.2%
Ste. Genevieve 351
51.0%
217
31.5%
72
10.5%
48
7.0%
Stoddard 230
28.3%
385
47.4%
198
24.4%
0
0.0%
Stone 83
36.7%
31
13.7%
112
49.6%
0
0.0%
Sullivan 557
35.1%
373
23.5%
575
36.2%
83
5.2%
Taney 97
22.7%
43
10.1%
287
67.2%
0
0.0%
Texas 61
7.9%
194
25.1%
511
66.2%
6
0.8%
Vernon 151
20.4%
207
28.0%
381
51.6%
0
0.0%
Warren 510
50.9%
307
30.7%
89
8.9%
95
9.5%
Washington 635
52.1%
493
40.5%
62
5.1%
28
2.3%
Wayne 185
25.6%
245
33.8%
291
40.2%
3
0.4%
Webster 172
19.3%
335
37.6%
376
42.2%
7
0.8%
Wright 44
8.1%
128
23.7%
369
68.2%
0
0.0%
Source: The Tribune Almanac for 1861