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Presidential Election Candidates and Precincts

John Bell also known as The Great Apostle was born February 18, 1796 and passed away on September 10, 1869. Bell was a U.S. politician, an attorney, a plantation owner, and a wealthy slaveholder from Mill Creek, Tennessee. He served in the U.S. Congress in both the House of Representatives and in the Senate. In 1860 he was a member of the Whig party, but when the Election came around, he joined the Constitutional Union Party which was made up of former Whigs. The Constitutional Union party hoped that by failing to take a strong stand either for or against slavery or its expansion, that the issue could be pushed aside.



Stephen A. Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont. He was a U.S. House of Representative from Illinois from April 4, 1843 to April 3, 1847, and then became a Senator on April 4th, 1847 and his term lasted until June 3rd, 1861. Douglas was largely responsible for the passing of the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues. The Compromise of 1850 was a territorial compromise that replaced the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820. However in 1854 he re-opened the slavery question with the controversial Kansas- Nebraska Act. The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the people of the new territories to decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery.

John C. Breckinridge was born January 16th, 1821 and deceased on May 17th, 1875. Breckinridge was an American lawyer and a politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was also the 14th Vice President. He was a member of the Democratic Party when he ran for president in 1860. He was a General and commander of Confederate troops in the western campaign of the civil up until the 1863 siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana. He was later brought to Virginia and led his men into the Battle of New Market, Virginia in 1864 and in the Battle of Cold Harbor. He was the 5th and Final Confederate Secretary of War.


 * Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in most southern states!**

Out of 3,865 votes in Augusta County: 66% ( 2,553) votes went to Bell 28.3% (1,094 ) votes went to Douglas 5.7% ( 218) votes went to Breckinridge

As you can see most of the votes went to Bell and the Constitutional Convention Party, which indicates that most of the population in Augusta County either did not own slaves or did not think it was a big issue.
 * District |||| Bell Votes |||| Douglas Votes |||| Breckinridge Votes || Total ||
 * Staunton, Precinct No. 1 || 509 || 59.4 || 300 || 35 || 48 || 5.6 || 857 ||
 * Staunton, Precinct No. 2 || 171 || 55.9 || 104 || 34 || 31 || 10.1 || 306 ||
 * Waynesborough || 168 || 59.4 || 102 || 36 || 13 || 4.6 || 283 ||
 * Churchville || 155 || 86.1 || 20 || 11.1 || 5 || 2.8 || 180 ||
 * Mt. Sidney || 206 || 61.5 || 121 || 36.1 || 8 || 2.4 || 335 ||
 * Spring Hill || 56 || 59.6 || 37 || 39.4 || 1 || 1 || 94 ||
 * Middlebrook || 166 || 73.8 || 28 || 12.4 || 31 || 13.8 || 225 ||
 * Greenville || 198 || 77.4 || 49 || 19.1 || 9 || 3.5 || 256 ||
 * Fishersville || 82 || 75.2 || 24 || 22 || 3 || 2.8 || 109 ||
 * New Hope || 178 || 73 || 61 || 25 || 5 || 2 || 244 ||
 * Mt. Meridian || 52 || 66.7 || 20 || 25.6 || 6 || 7.7 || 78 ||
 * Mt. Solon || 176 || 63.8 || 90 || 32.6 || 10 || 3.6 || 276 ||
 * Deerfield || 82 || 90.1 || 7 || 7.7 || 2 || 2.2 || 91 ||
 * Craigsville || 71 || 83.5 || 11 || 12.9 || 3 || 3.6 || 85 ||
 * Newport || 86 || 82.7 || 12 || 11.5 || 6 || 5.8 || 104 ||
 * Stuart's Draft || 50 || 63.3 || 13 || 16.5 || 16 || 20.2 || 79 ||
 * Midway || 36 || 70.6 || 13 || 25.5 || 2 || 3.9 || 51 ||
 * Swoope`s Depot || 27 || 67.5 || 10 || 25 || 3 || 7.5 || 40 ||
 * Sherando || 50 || 62.5 || 18 || 22.5 || 12 || 15 || 80 ||
 * Parnassus || 34 || 37 || 54 || 58.7 || 4 || 4.3 || 92 ||
 * Total for All Districts || 2553 || 66 || 1094 || 28.3 || 218 || 5.7 || 3865 ||
 * Total for All Districts || 2553 || 66 || 1094 || 28.3 || 218 || 5.7 || 3865 ||