Andrew Johnson was not a candidate for office in 1860. He was serving in the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee. He was elected to the Senate in 1857. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. Hannibal Hamlin was Lincoln's vice-president running mate in 1860. Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president running mate in 1864. Republican Party candidate incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate George McClellan. In the 1864 presidential election Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson received 212 electoral votes. George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln/Johnson 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.
1860 U. S. Presidential / Vice Presidential Election Results:180 votes - Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin72 votes - John C. Breckinridge / Joseph Lane39 votes - John Bell / Edward Everett12 votes - Stephen A. Douglas / Herschel V. Johnson
Bell got 39 electoral votes and 590,901 popular votes. Douglas got 12 electoral votes and 1,004,823 popular votes.
Thirty nine.
John Bell won 39 electoral votes in 1860, carrying the three states, KY, VA and TN.
electoral
No, Johnson was not removed from office by only one vote; he was acquitted.
The presidential candidate who received the least votes in the South in the election of 1860 was John Bell.
Electoral.
In the 1860 US Presidential Election, Abraham Lincoln won 180 of a possible 303 electoral votes. He needed a simple majority, or 152 votes, to win the election. The candidate with the 2nd most electoral votes was John C. Breckinridge, who captured 72 electoral votes. In the 1860 election, Lincoln's primary support base was the Northeast and the Midwest, which accounted for nearly all of his electoral votes. His competitor Breckinridge collected most of the Southern votes.
Edward A. Johnson was born in 1860.
Spud Johnson was born in 1860.
Edward A. Johnson was born in 1860.