Accomack Albemarle Alexandria Alleghany Amelia Amherst Appomattox Augusta Barbour Bath Bedford Berkeley Boone Botetourt Braxton Brooke Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham Cabell Calhoun Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke Clay Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dinwiddie Doddridge Elizabeth City Essex Fairfax Fauquier Fayette Floyd Fluvanna Franklin Frederick Giles Gilmer Gloucester Goochland Grayson Greenbrier Greene Greensville Halifax Hampshire Hancock Hanover Hardy Harrison Henrico Henry Highland Isle of Wight Jackson James City Jefferson Kanawha King and Queen King George King William Lancaster Lee Lewis Logan Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison Marion Marshall Mason Mathews McDowell Mecklenburg Mercer Middlesex Monongalia Monroe Montgomery Morgan Nansemond Nelson New Kent Nicholas Norfolk Northampton Northumberland Nottoway Ohio Orange Page Patrick Pendleton Pittsylvania Pleasants Pocahontas Powhatan Preston Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Princess Anne Pulaski Putnam Raleigh Randolph Rappahannock Richmond Ritchie Roane Roanoke Rockbridge Rockingham Russell Scott Shenandoah Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford Surry Sussex Taylor Tazewell Tucker Tyler Upshur Warren Warwick Washington Wayne Webster Westmoreland Wetzel Wirt Wise Wood Wyoming Wythe York
Statewide Results
CJohn Bell74,681 44.7%
359
SJohn Breckinridge74,322 44.4%
DStephen Douglas16,290 9.7%
RAbraham Lincoln1,929 1.2%
  Total 167,222 100%
Election Notes
  • The county data for Lincoln are incomplete, and accordingly do not sum to his statewide total.
Jurisdiction Bell Breckinridge Douglas Lincoln
Sum 74,681
44.7%
74,322
44.4%
16,290
9.7%
1,929
1.2%
Accomack 736
47.4%
737
47.5%
80
5.2%
0
0.0%
Albemarle 1,317
53.3%
1,056
42.8%
97
3.9%
0
0.0%
Alexandria 1,012
58.4%
565
32.6%
141
8.1%
16
0.9%
Alleghany 250
39.6%
344
54.5%
37
5.9%
0
0.0%
Amelia 282
50.1%
249
44.2%
32
5.7%
0
0.0%
Amherst 622
42.7%
808
55.5%
26
1.8%
0
0.0%
Appomattox 221
27.8%
563
70.9%
10
1.3%
0
0.0%
Augusta 2,553
66.1%
218
5.6%
1,094
28.3%
0
0.0%
Barbour 422
30.8%
910
66.4%
39
2.8%
0
0.0%
Bath 220
54.3%
163
40.2%
22
5.4%
0
0.0%
Bedford 1,468
56.5%
1,037
39.9%
91
3.5%
0
0.0%
Berkeley 913
49.4%
830
44.9%
106
5.7%
0
0.0%
Boone 121
34.7%
204
58.5%
24
6.9%
0
0.0%
Botetourt 590
43.6%
589
43.5%
174
12.9%
0
0.0%
Braxton 274
50.1%
227
41.5%
46
8.4%
0
0.0%
Brooke 173
19.8%
450
51.6%
76
8.7%
173
19.8%
Brunswick 308
34.6%
444
49.9%
137
15.4%
0
0.0%
Buchanan 14
8.4%
134
80.2%
19
11.4%
0
0.0%
Buckingham 544
50.0%
523
48.0%
22
2.0%
0
0.0%
Cabell 316
35.7%
161
18.2%
407
46.0%
0
0.0%
Calhoun 19
6.2%
285
93.4%
1
0.3%
0
0.0%
Campbell 1,521
52.9%
1,208
42.0%
146
5.1%
0
0.0%
Caroline 561
41.5%
772
57.1%
18
1.3%
0
0.0%
Carroll 315
29.9%
729
69.1%
11
1.0%
0
0.0%
Charles City 224
65.1%
111
32.3%
9
2.6%
0
0.0%
Charlotte 418
46.0%
465
51.2%
25
2.8%
0
0.0%
Chesterfield 788
46.2%
328
19.2%
588
34.5%
0
0.0%
Clarke 288
42.9%
335
49.9%
49
7.3%
0
0.0%
Clay 119
77.3%
35
22.7%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Craig 112
25.7%
322
73.9%
2
0.5%
0
0.0%
Culpeper 526
49.2%
525
49.1%
19
1.8%
0
0.0%
Cumberland 278
47.0%
276
46.7%
37
6.3%
0
0.0%
Dinwiddie 389
47.1%
254
30.8%
183
22.2%
0
0.0%
Doddridge 143
24.2%
356
60.3%
91
15.4%
0
0.0%
Elizabeth City 248
56.9%
164
37.6%
24
5.5%
0
0.0%
Essex 279
47.2%
308
52.1%
4
0.7%
0
0.0%
Fairfax 691
46.3%
685
45.9%
91
6.1%
24
1.6%
Fauquier 789
42.5%
1,027
55.3%
39
2.1%
1
0.1%
Fayette 381
55.5%
241
35.1%
65
9.5%
0
0.0%
Floyd 384
46.9%
400
48.8%
35
4.3%
0
0.0%
Fluvanna 487
52.0%
443
47.3%
7
0.7%
0
0.0%
Franklin 863
41.7%
1,076
51.9%
133
6.4%
0
0.0%
Frederick 963
41.1%
1,315
56.1%
66
2.8%
0
0.0%
Giles 366
54.4%
244
36.3%
63
9.4%
0
0.0%
Gilmer 117
23.2%
268
53.2%
119
23.6%
0
0.0%
Gloucester 301
39.6%
460
60.4%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Goochland 244
34.4%
428
60.4%
37
5.2%
0
0.0%
Grayson 315
41.3%
447
58.7%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Greenbrier 993
65.6%
505
33.4%
16
1.1%
0
0.0%
Greene 74
12.2%
521
86.1%
10
1.7%
0
0.0%
Greensville 139
42.0%
151
45.6%
41
12.4%
0
0.0%
Halifax 563
28.0%
1,312
65.2%
138
6.9%
0
0.0%
Hampshire 878
43.7%
1,054
52.5%
75
3.7%
0
0.0%
Hancock 33
5.2%
262
41.3%
85
13.4%
254
40.1%
Hanover 575
42.6%
749
55.4%
27
2.0%
0
0.0%
Hardy 894
67.6%
355
26.8%
74
5.6%
0
0.0%
Harrison 931
41.8%
1,191
53.4%
107
4.8%
0
0.0%
Henrico 1,403
62.8%
641
28.7%
189
8.5%
0
0.0%
Henry 543
51.9%
444
42.4%
59
5.6%
0
0.0%
Highland 215
33.6%
170
26.6%
255
39.8%
0
0.0%
Isle of Wight 147
15.9%
757
82.0%
19
2.1%
0
0.0%
Jackson 388
40.9%
500
52.7%
61
6.4%
0
0.0%
James City 148
69.5%
60
28.2%
5
2.3%
0
0.0%
Jefferson 959
51.6%
458
24.7%
440
23.7%
0
0.0%
Kanawha 1,176
67.5%
513
29.5%
52
3.0%
0
0.0%
King and Queen 255
33.2%
510
66.5%
2
0.3%
0
0.0%
King George 184
41.4%
223
50.2%
37
8.3%
0
0.0%
King William 142
30.5%
315
67.7%
8
1.7%
0
0.0%
Lancaster 209
57.6%
142
39.1%
12
3.3%
0
0.0%
Lee 462
33.8%
894
65.4%
10
0.7%
0
0.0%
Lewis 332
28.1%
604
51.1%
247
20.9%
0
0.0%
Logan 100
26.5%
271
71.9%
6
1.6%
0
0.0%
Loudoun 2,033
69.1%
778
26.4%
120
4.1%
11
0.4%
Louisa 498
39.7%
754
60.1%
2
0.2%
0
0.0%
Lunenburg 251
31.0%
527
65.1%
32
4.0%
0
0.0%
Madison 74
8.0%
834
89.9%
20
2.2%
0
0.0%
Marion 569
27.8%
1,337
65.4%
137
6.7%
1
0.0%
Marshall 928
50.3%
809
43.8%
108
5.9%
0
0.0%
Mason 716
49.3%
439
30.2%
297
20.5%
0
0.0%
Mathews 251
45.1%
306
54.9%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
McDowell 35
48.6%
37
51.4%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Mecklenburg 430
30.8%
901
64.6%
63
4.5%
0
0.0%
Mercer 443
49.9%
432
48.6%
13
1.5%
0
0.0%
Middlesex 151
38.5%
241
61.5%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Monongalia 622
31.4%
601
30.4%
757
38.2%
0
0.0%
Monroe 693
53.5%
520
40.1%
83
6.4%
0
0.0%
Montgomery 712
58.8%
425
35.1%
74
6.1%
0
0.0%
Morgan 308
52.9%
254
43.6%
20
3.4%
0
0.0%
Nansemond 477
52.6%
429
47.3%
1
0.1%
0
0.0%
Nelson 733
59.4%
390
31.6%
112
9.1%
0
0.0%
New Kent 264
60.3%
172
39.3%
2
0.5%
0
0.0%
Nicholas 345
63.3%
152
27.9%
48
8.8%
0
0.0%
Norfolk 704
58.5%
447
37.2%
52
4.3%
0
0.0%
Norfolk (IC) 984
59.4%
439
26.5%
233
14.1%
0
0.0%
Northampton 234
51.5%
214
47.1%
6
1.3%
0
0.0%
Northumberland 276
44.0%
350
55.8%
1
0.2%
0
0.0%
Nottoway 232
52.8%
179
40.8%
28
6.4%
0
0.0%
Ohio 1,202
33.4%
915
25.4%
716
19.9%
771
21.4%
Orange 427
46.7%
475
52.0%
12
1.3%
0
0.0%
Page 141
12.2%
937
81.3%
75
6.5%
0
0.0%
Patrick 433
46.3%
432
46.2%
70
7.5%
0
0.0%
Pendleton 400
53.3%
217
28.9%
133
17.7%
0
0.0%
Petersburg (IC) 970
53.7%
223
12.3%
613
33.9%
0
0.0%
Pittsylvania 1,702
58.0%
1,057
36.0%
177
6.0%
0
0.0%
Pleasants 140
32.9%
166
39.1%
119
28.0%
0
0.0%
Pocahontas 163
31.0%
333
63.3%
30
5.7%
0
0.0%
Portsmouth (IC) 678
46.6%
559
38.4%
214
14.7%
4
0.3%
Powhatan 225
47.7%
127
26.9%
120
25.4%
0
0.0%
Preston 562
30.3%
942
50.8%
239
12.9%
110
5.9%
Prince Edward 374
43.4%
423
49.1%
65
7.5%
0
0.0%
Prince George 343
52.0%
191
28.9%
126
19.1%
0
0.0%
Prince William 243
23.3%
718
68.9%
26
2.5%
55
5.3%
Princess Anne 451
53.3%
379
44.8%
16
1.9%
0
0.0%
Pulaski 332
56.6%
250
42.6%
5
0.9%
0
0.0%
Putnam 400
52.3%
327
42.7%
38
5.0%
0
0.0%
Raleigh 230
73.5%
69
22.0%
14
4.5%
0
0.0%
Randolph 259
40.2%
243
37.7%
143
22.2%
0
0.0%
Rappahannock 491
54.6%
409
45.4%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Richmond (IC) 2,402
55.6%
1,167
27.0%
753
17.4%
0
0.0%
Richmond 353
64.9%
185
34.0%
6
1.1%
0
0.0%
Ritchie 224
26.3%
544
63.8%
73
8.6%
12
1.4%
Roane 237
45.8%
264
51.1%
16
3.1%
0
0.0%
Roanoke 293
40.8%
373
51.9%
52
7.2%
0
0.0%
Rockbridge 1,231
55.1%
361
16.2%
641
28.7%
0
0.0%
Rockingham 883
30.3%
676
23.2%
1,354
46.5%
0
0.0%
Russell 473
45.8%
526
50.9%
34
3.3%
0
0.0%
Scott 591
46.3%
594
46.6%
91
7.1%
0
0.0%
Shenandoah 427
17.1%
1,883
75.5%
170
6.8%
13
0.5%
Smyth 446
45.0%
496
50.1%
49
4.9%
0
0.0%
Southampton 545
48.8%
563
50.4%
9
0.8%
0
0.0%
Spotsylvania 599
43.7%
516
37.6%
257
18.7%
0
0.0%
Stafford 404
41.6%
402
41.4%
165
17.0%
0
0.0%
Surry 197
53.7%
115
31.3%
55
15.0%
0
0.0%
Sussex 177
31.2%
294
51.9%
96
16.9%
0
0.0%
Taylor 647
51.8%
575
46.1%
26
2.1%
0
0.0%
Tazewell 306
24.7%
934
75.3%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Tucker 22
15.3%
99
68.8%
23
16.0%
0
0.0%
Tyler 315
33.7%
423
45.2%
197
21.1%
0
0.0%
Upshur 331
34.0%
589
60.5%
54
5.5%
0
0.0%
Warren 276
34.8%
462
58.3%
54
6.8%
0
0.0%
Warwick 72
69.9%
31
30.1%
0
0.0%
0
0.0%
Washington 916
42.6%
1,178
54.8%
56
2.6%
0
0.0%
Wayne 326
56.8%
166
28.9%
82
14.3%
0
0.0%
Webster 66
53.7%
52
42.3%
5
4.1%
0
0.0%
Westmoreland 438
72.8%
160
26.6%
4
0.7%
0
0.0%
Wetzel 90
10.6%
607
71.4%
153
18.0%
0
0.0%
Williamsburg (IC) 49
42.2%
43
37.1%
24
20.7%
0
0.0%
Wirt 150
35.6%
255
60.6%
16
3.8%
0
0.0%
Wise 102
21.6%
363
76.7%
8
1.7%
0
0.0%
Wood 832
46.2%
832
46.2%
56
3.1%
81
4.5%
Wyoming 60
61.2%
29
29.6%
9
9.2%
0
0.0%
Wythe 617
43.0%
795
55.4%
22
1.5%
0
0.0%
York 227
70.9%
90
28.1%
3
0.9%
0
0.0%
Source: The American Year-Book and National Register for 1869 (David N. Camp ed., 1869)