The 1860 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1860, as part of the

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. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the

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, who voted for

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and

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

was won by Democratic candidate

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, by a very narrow margin of 0.26%. The state was the only one to fully give its votes to Douglas, though he won the popular vote and three of the seven electoral votes from

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under a fusion ticket. , this is the last occasion when Putnam County,

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, and Taney County voted for a candidate running as a Democrat, with the former voting for Douglas and the latter two voting for Breckinridge. This was also the last election until

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in which Monroe County did not vote for the Democratic candidate. This was the first time in American history that four candidates each won at least one county in the same state, something that has only been repeated in

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and in

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).Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 239–246 Missouri was also the only slave state in which Lincoln won any counties.

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1860 Missouri elections

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