THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Astounding Triumph of Republicanism; ELECTION DAY IN THE CITY; Editorial-The Election-Lincoln Triumphant (11/7/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/7/1860

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The canvass for the Presidency of the United States terminated last evening, in all the States of the Union, under the revised regulation of Congress, passed in 1845, and the result, by the vote of New-York, is placed beyond question at once. It elects ABRAHAM LINCOLN of Illinois; President, and HANNIBAL HAMLIN of Maine, Vice-President of the United States, for four years, from the 4th March next, directly by the People: These Republican Candidates having a clear majority of the 309 Electorial votes of the 33 States, over all three of the opposing tickets. They receive, including Mr. LINCOLN's own State, from which the returns have not yet come, in the

New-England States........................ 41

New-York................................. 35

Pennsylvania................................ 27

New-Jersey................................. 7

And the Northwest.......................... 61

Total Electoral for LINCOLN..............171

Being 19 over the required majority, without wasting the returns from the two Pacific States of Oregon and California.

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The Presidential Election: Astounding Triumph of Republicanism – 2
Election Day in the City: All Quiet and Orderly at the Polls – 2-6
Editorial: The Election-Lincoln Triumphant – 6
Editorial: The Vote of Virginia-Disunion Rebuked in the South – 6
Editorial: Health of the Metropolis – 6-7
The Election and the Police – 7
South Carolina and the Presidency – 7

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Those were the days, when they arrested Democrats for illegal voting.