title: List of elections in 1860
text: # List of elections in 1860
  
  The following elections occurred in the year 1860. Most notably, the 1860 United States presidential election was one of the events that precipitated the American Civil War.
  
  ## North America
  
  ### United States
  
  * California's at-large congressional district
  * 1860 New York state election
  * 1860 and 1861 United States House of Representatives elections
  * 1860 United States presidential election
  * 1860 and 1861 United States Senate elections
  * 1860 Vermont elections
  
  ## Europe
  
  ### Malta
  
  * 1860 Maltese general election
  
  ### Netherlands
  
  * 1860 Dutch general election
  
  ### Switzerland
  
  * 1860 Swiss federal election
  
  ## South America
  
  ### Argentina
  
  * 1860 Argentine presidential election
  
  ## Oceania
  
  ### New Zealand
  
  * 1860–1861 New Zealand general election
  