How many states cast there electoral vote for Lincoln?

Answer 1

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes (59.4%), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes. Lincoln received his 180 electoral votes from 18 of the 33 states. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Lincoln received electoral votes from the following states: California 4, Connecticut 6, Illinois 11, Indiana 13, Iowa 4, Maine 8, Massachusetts 13, Michigan 6, Minnesota 4, New Hampshire 5, New Jersey 4 of the 7 electoral votes, New York 35, Ohio 23, Oregon 3, Pennsylvania 27, Rhode Island 4, Vermont 5, and Washington 5.

Answer 2

In the U. S. Presidential election of 1860, Lincoln carried 18 states, Breckinridge carried 11, Bell carried 3 and Douglas carried 1.

In the election of 1864, Lincoln carried 22 states and McClellan carried 3.

Answer 3

17 states