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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1864, near the end of the American Civil War.Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.
Douglas was the only candidate in the 1860 election to win electoral votes in both free and slave states. In the South, Bell won three states' electoral college seats, and Breckinridge swept the remaining 11. Lincoln's election motivated seven Southern states, all having voted for Breckinridge, to secede before Lincoln's inauguration in March
Electoral results Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote (a) Electoral vote Running mate Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote Abraham Lincoln: Republican: Illinois: 1,865,908 39.8% 180 Hannibal Hamlin: Maine: 180 John C. Breckinridge: Southern Democratic: Kentucky: 848,019 18.1% 72 Joseph Lane ...
On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in an act that that led to the Civil War. But Lincoln’s actual ...
Presidential election; Partisan control: Republican hold: Popular vote margin: Republican +10.0%: Electoral vote: Abraham Lincoln (R) [1] 212 [2] George B. McClellan (D) 21: 1864 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Lincoln, blue denotes states won by McClellan, and brown denotes Confederate states that
Elections for the 37th United States Congress, were held in 1860 and 1861.The election marked the start of the Third Party System and precipitated the Civil War.The Republican Party won control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, making it the fifth party (following the Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Whig Party) to accomplish such a feat.
The 1864 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Voters chose 26 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election