1864 United States elections
| Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 8 |
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| Presidential election | |
| Electoral vote | |
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| 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 | |
| Seats contested | 14 of 50 seats[2] |
| Net change | Republican +2[3] |
| House elections | |
| Seats contested | All 243 voting members |
| Net change | Republican +50[3] |
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| 1864 House of Representatives election results
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The 1864 United States elections elected the members of the 39th United States Congress. Nebraska joined the union during the 39th Congress. This election took place during the Third Party System and the Civil War, and the election was held shortly after the Union victory in the Battle of Atlanta. Republicans kept control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress.
In the Presidential election, Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democratic General George B. McClellan.[4] Despite factionalism in the Republican Party and earlier concern about the progress of the war, Lincoln easily carried the popular vote and won the greatest share of the electoral vote since James Monroe won re-election unopposed in 1820. Lincoln's win made him the first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson, and the first two-term President unaffiliated with the Democratic-Republican Party or the Democratic Party since John Adams. Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate and campaigning on the National Union ticket, making this the first and to date only election in which a winning ticket was composed of members of two separate parties.
Republicans made major gains in the House, turning their plurality into a majority.[5]
In the Senate, Republicans gained several seats, and continued to hold a commanding majority.[6]
See also
- United States presidential election, 1864
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1864
- United States Senate elections, 1864
References
- ↑ For the 1864 election, the Republican presidential ticket was labeled as the National Union Party ticket.
- ↑ Not counting special elections.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
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