James Buchanan Democratic Abraham Lincoln Republican The 1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election.

Wisconsin was won by the Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Hannibal Hamlin.

They defeated the Democratic Party candidate Stephen A. Douglas and his running mate Herschel V. Johnson.

This was the last election until 1904 that Calumet County would vote for a Republican candidate.

Green Lake County, established in 1858 and participating in its first presidential election, voted for Lincoln and would continue to back the statewide winner in every presidential election until 1940.