1864 United States presidential election in Indiana

1864 United States presidential election in Indiana

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Nominee Abraham Lincoln George B. McClellan Party National Union Democratic Home state Illinois New Jersey Running mate Andrew Johnson George H. Pendleton Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 149,922 130,223 Percentage 53.5% 46.5%

County Results Lincoln   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% McClellan   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election Abraham Lincoln Republican Elected President Abraham Lincoln National Union

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. The National Union ticket of the incumbent president Abraham Lincoln and the governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson defeated the Democratic ticket of the former commanding general of the United States Army George B. McClellan and the U.S. representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district George H. Pendleton. ^[1] Lincoln defeated McClellan in the national election with 212 electoral votes. ^[2]

General election

Summary

Indiana chose 13 electors on a statewide general ticket. Nineteenth-century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College rather than for president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party. ^[3] This table reflects the statewide popular vote as calculated by Walter Dean Burnham in his influential study, Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892 . ^[1]

1864 United States presidential election in Indiana ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Union	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson	149,922	53.52	2.38
	Democratic	George B. McClellan George H. Pendleton	130,223	46.48	4.11
Total votes			280,145	100.00

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes

1. Burnham 1955, p. 249.
2. "1864 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
3. Dubin 2002, p. xi.

Bibliography

• "1864 Electoral College Results". National Archives. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
• Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential Ballots, 1836–1892. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2002). United States Presidential Elections, 1788-1860. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN   978-0-7864-6422-7.