Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Kings Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery New York Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer Richmond Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca St. Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates
Statewide Results
RAbraham Lincoln362,646 53.7%
50,136
DStephen Douglas312,510 46.3%
  Total 675,156 100%
Election Notes
  • The Hamilton vote is included with that for Fulton.
  • The Democratic ticket is more properly a Fusion ticket. Of the candidates for elector on this ticket, a majority (eighteen) were for Douglas, but ten were for Bell and seven for Breckinridge.
Jurisdiction Lincoln Douglas
Sum 362,646
53.7%
312,510
46.3%
Albany 9,835
46.9%
11,145
53.1%
Allegany 6,443
71.8%
2,530
28.2%
Broome 4,554
61.3%
2,876
38.7%
Cattaraugus 5,955
63.6%
3,409
36.4%
Cayuga 7,922
66.7%
3,954
33.3%
Chautauqua 8,481
69.8%
3,673
30.2%
Chemung 2,949
54.3%
2,478
45.7%
Chenango 5,685
60.7%
3,686
39.3%
Clinton 3,961
54.8%
3,270
45.2%
Columbia 5,108
52.0%
4,722
48.0%
Cortland 3,893
69.5%
1,712
30.5%
Delaware 5,001
60.9%
3,212
39.1%
Dutchess 6,763
52.7%
6,071
47.3%
Erie 12,430
53.3%
10,885
46.7%
Essex 3,454
65.8%
1,793
34.2%
Franklin 3,103
68.9%
1,402
31.1%
Fulton 3,111
51.8%
2,897
48.2%
Genesee 4,464
64.5%
2,456
35.5%
Greene 3,137
47.0%
3,534
53.0%
Herkimer 5,302
61.2%
3,362
38.8%
Jefferson 8,796
61.4%
5,531
38.6%
Kings 15,883
43.6%
20,583
56.4%
Lewis 3,257
58.9%
2,274
41.1%
Livingston 5,178
61.4%
3,261
38.6%
Madison 6,289
66.2%
3,216
33.8%
Monroe 10,808
59.7%
7,291
40.3%
Montgomery 3,528
52.0%
3,253
48.0%
New York 33,290
34.8%
62,293
65.2%
Niagara 4,992
57.2%
3,741
42.8%
Oneida 12,508
58.1%
9,011
41.9%
Onondaga 11,243
60.9%
7,222
39.1%
Ontario 5,764
61.3%
3,634
38.7%
Orange 5,898
49.5%
6,011
50.5%
Orleans 3,859
63.2%
2,246
36.8%
Oswego 9,076
62.6%
5,414
37.4%
Otsego 6,543
56.4%
5,061
43.6%
Putnam 1,243
48.4%
1,325
51.6%
Queens 3,749
46.1%
4,392
53.9%
Rensselaer 8,464
50.1%
8,421
49.9%
Richmond 1,408
37.3%
2,370
62.7%
Rockland 1,410
37.3%
2,369
62.7%
Saratoga 5,900
56.4%
4,552
43.6%
Schenectady 2,154
51.9%
1,994
48.1%
Schoharie 3,279
43.8%
4,213
56.2%
Schuyler 2,551
59.9%
1,708
40.1%
Seneca 3,025
50.3%
2,990
49.7%
St. Lawrence 11,324
73.9%
4,007
26.1%
Steuben 8,250
62.2%
5,023
37.8%
Suffolk 3,756
51.6%
3,519
48.4%
Sullivan 2,944
48.2%
3,170
51.8%
Tioga 3,760
57.8%
2,743
42.2%
Tompkins 4,348
59.0%
3,026
41.0%
Ulster 6,775
52.0%
6,252
48.0%
Warren 2,719
58.0%
1,970
42.0%
Washington 6,173
63.9%
3,482
36.1%
Wayne 6,668
62.9%
3,938
37.1%
Westchester 6,771
45.6%
8,081
54.4%
Wyoming 4,498
65.3%
2,390
34.7%
Yates 3,014
67.3%
1,466
32.7%
Source: The Tribune Almanac for 1861