1860 United States presidential election in Ohio

1860 United States presidential election in Ohio
	November 6, 1860
Lincoln 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Douglas 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; James Buchanan; Democratic	Elected President ; Abraham Lincoln; Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was won by the Republican nominee Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. They defeated the Democratic nominee, Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 7.94%.

Liberty Party (under the name Union Party) candidate Gerrit Smith received 136 of his 171 popular votes in Ohio alone. The other 35 votes came from Illinois.

The 1860 presidential election in Ohio began a streak in which no Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state.

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