Presidential election in the United States 1864

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20th presidential election
November 8, 1864
			National Union Party / Republican Party
			Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson
			electors					212
			be right				2,218,388
									55.0%
			Democratic Party
			George B. McClellan / George H. Pendleton
			electors					21st
			be right				1,812,807
									45.0%
Election results by state
24 states   Lincoln / Johnson						3 states   McClellan / Pendleton
President of the United States
Pre-election Abraham Lincoln Republican Party						Elected Abraham Lincoln National Union Party

The 1864 presidential election in the United States took place during the Civil War , so only the northern states were eligible to vote. In the two southern states of Tennessee and Louisiana, which were ruled by the Union at the time, votes were also cast - ultimately not counted. It was the second time, after 1812 , that there was an election in the USA during a war. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois , who was nominated by the National Union Party , an electoral platform made up of Republicans and the so-called " War Democrats, " received 55% of the vote and 212 out of 233 votes in Electoral College (all but Kentucky , Delaware and New Jerseys ). Its vice president was the Democrat Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) from Tennessee .

The Democratic Party candidate was George B. McClellan (1826-1885) of New Jersey , George Hunt Pendleton ( Ohio ) , vice-presidential candidate . For much of 1864, Lincoln's chances were considered poor. The Confederates had won the Battles of Mansfield, the Crater Battle, and the Battle of Cold Harbor . The heavy losses of the Union Army meant that the position of the Democrats, peace at all costs , appeared to be the more sensible one. John C. Frémont , the Lincoln Radical Republican rival candidate, dropped out of the election campaign in September 1864. He declared that winning the Civil War was too important to harm Lincoln. McClellan's defeat is more important than personal interests. John Cochrane , candidate for Vice-President under Frémont, shared this opinion.

With the successful Atlanta campaign on September 2, McClellan's chances finally waned. The slogan It does not change his horse in the middle of the river ( "Do not change horses in the middle of a stream.") Issued by Lincoln's supporters.

Results per state

States affected by Lincoln / Johnson gained
States affected by McClellan / Pendleton obtained
		Abraham Lincoln National Union			George B. McClellan Democrat			Overall result
Country	Electoral votes	#	%	Electoral votes	#	%	Electoral votes	#	%
Connecticut	6th	44,673	51.4	6th	42,285	48.6	-	86,958	100
Delaware	3	8,155	48.2	-	8,767	51.8	3	16,922	100
Illinois	16	189,512	54.4	16	158.724	45.6	-	348.236	100
Indiana	13	149,887	53.5	13	130.230	46.5	-	280.117	100
Iowa	8th	83,858	63.1	8th	49,089	36.9	-	132,947	100
California	5	62,053	58.6	5	43,837	41.4	-	105,890	100
Kansas	3	17,089	81.7	3	3,836	18.3	-	21,580	100
Kentucky	11	27,787	30.2	-	64,301	69.8	11	92,088	100
Maine	7th	67,805	59.1	7th	46.992	40.9	-	114,797	100
Maryland	7th	40,153	55.1	7th	32,739	44.9	-	72,892	100
Massachusetts	12	126,742	72.2	12	48,745	27.8	-	175.487	100
Michigan	8th	91.133	55.1	8th	74,146	44.9	-	165.279	100
Minnesota	4th	25,031	59	4th	17,376	41	-	42,407	100
Missouri	11	72,750	69.7	11	31,596	30.3	-	104,346	100
Nevada	2	9,826	59.8	2	6,594	40.2	-	16,420	100
New Hampshire	5	36,596	52.6	5	33,034	47.4	-	69,630	100
New Jersey	7th	60,724	47.2	-	68.020	52.8	7th	128,744	100
new York	33	368.735	50.5	33	361.986	49.5	-	730.721	100
Ohio	21st	265,674	56.4	21st	205,609	43.6	-	471.283	100
Oregon	3	9,888	53.9	3	8,457	46.1	-	18,345	100
Pennsylvania	26th	296.292	51.6	26th	277,443	48.4	-	573.735	100
Rhode Island	4th	14,349	62.2	4th	8,718	37.8	-	23,067	100
Vermont	5	42,419	76.1	5	13,321	23.9	-	55,750	100
West Virginia	5	23,799	68.2	5	11,078	31.8	-	34,877	100
Wisconsin	8th	83,458	55.9	8th	65,884	44.1	-	149,342	100
TOTAL:	233	2,218,388	55	212	1,812,807	45	21st	4,031,887	100

Web links

Commons : US Presidential Election 1864  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

literature

• Scott John Hammond & Robert North Roberts, Valerie A. Sulfaro: Campaigning for President in America, 1788-2016 . ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara 2016, ISBN 978-1-4408-4890-2 , pp. 507-515.
• Donald Richard Deskins, Hanes Walton, Sherman C. Puckett: Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2010, ISBN 978-0-472-11697-3 , pp. 178-187 (= Chapter 22: Abraham Lincoln's Reelection. ).
• David E. Long: The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln's Re-election and the End of Slavery . Stackpole, Mechanicsburg 2008, ISBN 978-0-8117-3441-7

Individual evidence

1. ^ JG Randall, Richard Current: Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure 1955, p. 307.
2. ^ Data from Walter Dean Burnham, Presidential ballots, 1836-1892 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1955) pages 247-57.