James Buchanan Democratic Abraham Lincoln Republican The 1860 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election.

The Democratic Party chose its slate of electors before the National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina.

This was often referred to as the Reading electoral slate, because it was in that city that the state party chose it.

[1] Not all of the Douglas supporters agreed to the Reading slate deal and established a separate Douglas-only ticket.

The 1860 presidential election in Pennsylvania began a trend in which the state would vote the same as nearby Michigan in presidential elections, as the two states have voted for president in lockstep with each other on all but three occasions since Lincoln's victory – 1932, 1940, and 1976.