Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeatingJohn Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In the 1860presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes(59.4%), John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bellreceived 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 1,865,908(39.8%), Breckinridge 848,019 (18.1%), Bell 590,901 (12.6%), andDouglas 1,380,202 (29.5%).