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John Bell had support in the border states but did not have support in the north or the south. The southern states preferred Southern Democratic candidate John Breckinridge. The northern states preferred Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln and Northern Democratic candidate Stephen Douglas. John Bell received 39 electoral votes. Bell received electoral votes from Virginia 15, Kentucky 12, and Tennessee 12.

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During the election of 1860, presidential candidate John Bell, representing the Constitutional Union Party, received 39 electoral votes. However, he didn't win any states outright and finished fourth in the electoral college.

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