Democratic (constitutionalist) Vice President John C. Breckinridge, in his capacity as President of the Senate, announces his own electoral defeat at the hands of former Whig (nationalist) Representative Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois:

180 – Lincoln, nominee of the Republican (nationalist) Party;

  72 – Breckenridge, nominee of the southern wing of the Democratic (constitutionalist) Party;

  39 – former American (nativist; a.k.a. “know-nothing”) Senator John Bell, of Tennessee, nominee of the Constitutional Union (nationalist) Party;

  12 – Senator Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, nominee of the northern wing of the Democratic (constitutionalist) Party.

       [restored 3/12/2022]