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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.
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Virginia, ordered by year.Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Virginia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864 during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy, and the election of 1868, when the state was undergoing Reconstruction.
1864 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Lincoln, blue denotes states won by McClellan, and brown denotes Confederate states that did not participate in the election. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: 14 of 50 seats [3] Net seat ...
The Battle of Cold Harbor was the final victory won by Lee's ... Lincoln to lose the 1864 presidential election to a more ... Virginia Campaign, May–June 1864 ...
That cemented a solid party comeback at the grassroots level that had begun in local elections in 1867. [32] 7% of counties in northern states voted for a different party from the 1864 election. [33] The 1868 election is the only election since the Civil War in which the two major party candidates won over 99.9% of the vote. [34]
The 1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 5, 1864, and November 7, 1865, in the midst of the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's reelection. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives.
The 1864–65 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. They occurred during the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln's re-election.As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures.
The 1864 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [1] This was the first time that West Virginia participated in ...