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Politics, Franklin County, 1860 Presidential Election Precinct Comparison
This table draws on data from the GIS to compare Franklin's precincts in the 1860 presidential election. Contested districts
are defined as those where the victor did not receive more than 55 percent of the popular vote. In most respects the contested
districts in Franklin fit the county average. The precinct that Breckinridge won by a significant margin is significantly
poorer and more concentrated in corn than either the county as a whole or the Lincoln districts.
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County Average |
Lincoln Districts |
Breckinridge Districts |
Contested Districts |
| Number of Districts |
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10 |
1 |
12 |
| Lincoln:Breckinridge Vote Ratio |
54:34 |
64:24 |
24:73 |
50:42 |
| Mean Household Wealth |
$5892 |
$5764 |
$3553 |
$6137 |
| Median Household Wealth |
$2200 |
$1925 |
$2450 |
$2500 |
| Mean Farm Value |
$7314 |
$7559 |
$2050 |
$7231 |
| Median Farm Value |
$6000 |
$6450 |
$1900 |
$6000 |
| Corn as a percent of Total Grain |
34% |
34% |
39% |
34% |
| Wheat as a percent of Total Grain |
37% |
36% |
16% |
39% |
The data are based on the GIS of Augusta and Franklin households--maps are derived from a D. H. Davison map of Franklin County,
published in 1858, and a Jedediah Hotchkiss map of Augusta County, published in 1870, and based on surveys completed "during
the war." The maps have been georeferenced at the Virginia Center for Digital History, using ESRI Arc Info to produce a Geographic
Information Systems map and database of households based on U.S. census data from the population, agricultural, and slaveowners'
schedules.
Note: Original precinct boundaries are not available. Precinct boundaries were established in the GIS using Theissen polygons
around precinct stations as central places.
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Politics, Franklin County, 1860 Presidential Election Precinct Comparison
2001.
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "In Franklin County, John Breckinridge won a majority in six precincts, most of them in the far northern and western belt of
the county, where few blacks lived and farmers planted corn not wheat."
"Lincoln won sixteen precincts in Franklin, ten of them by margins greater than 55 percent, with support mainly from the urban
center of the county and places with the highest numbers of black residents--even though black men could not vote in Pennsylvania."
Citation: Key = E126
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