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Parents > United States > South Carolina > President
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1860 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 06, 1860 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 06, 1860 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1861 - 12:00am
Term End March 04, 1865 - 12:00am
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedChronicler November 04, 2021 06:52pm
Data SourcesAnderson Intelligencer, 11/16/1860
Description In 1860, no popular vote election for US President was held in South Carolina. The state legislature appointed all of the electors to John Breckinridge on 11/6/1860, the same day the popular vote was cast in the other states. The candidates for Presidential Elector were chosen nearly unanimously. The legislature then considered instructing the Electors but decided against it.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1856
NameJames Buchanan Votes156 (100.00%)
Term03/04/1857 - 03/04/1861 Margin156 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
PartyIndependent Won11/08/1864
Name None Votes1 (100.00%)
Term03/04/1865 - 04/15/1865 Margin1 (+100.00%)
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Name Vice President John C. Breckinridge  
PartySouthern Democrat  
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Certified Votes 159 (100.00%)  
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N:10739Max Rohtbart ( 1068.3129 points)
Thu, November 4, 2021 06:49:21 PM UTC0:00
Would be really cool if someone found the state legislative record to see what the vote was to appoint the electors.
 
WmP:879Chronicler ( 84.4516 points)
Fri, November 5, 2021 12:53:06 AM UTC0:00
I checked the newspapers and posted what I found in the description.
 
D:1989RBH ( 5212.2285 points)
Sat, November 6, 2021 07:07:49 AM UTC0:00
If I recall the notes in one of the Dubin books (The Congressional Elections Book probably) correctly, finding antebellum South Carolina newspaper sources was sort of a problem. So not sure how well pre-1861 official accounts will be kept up.
 
D:2108ev ( 1596.6030 points)
Sat, November 6, 2021 11:55:18 PM UTC0:00
The 1860 South Carolina Journal of the State House mentions that the choice of Breckenridge was unanimous between both the House and the Senate and there was no debate or roll call prior.