1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky
  1860 November 8, 1864 1868  
  GeorgeMcClellan2 (cropped).jpg Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg
Nominee George B. McClellan Abraham Lincoln
Party Democratic National Union
Home state New Jersey Illinois
Running mate George H. Pendleton Andrew Johnson
Electoral vote110
Popular vote64,30127,787
Percentage69.83%30.17%

Kentucky Presidential Election Results 1864.svg
County Results

President before election

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
National Union

The 1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [1]

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Kentucky being captured by the Union and driving out the Confederacy early in the war was won by the 4th Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan, running with Representative George H. Pendleton, with 69.83% of the popular vote against the incumbent President Abraham Lincoln, running with former Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson, with 30.17% of the popular vote. [1]

Despite having been born and raised for the first five years of his life in Kentucky, Lincoln came in a distant second, losing to McClellan by 39.64%. In addition, it was the only state that McClellan won by more than 6%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Butler County and Monroe County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]

Results

1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George B. McClellan 64,301 69.83%
National Union Abraham Lincoln (incumbent)27,78730.17%
Total votes92,088 100%

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "1864 Presidential Election Results Kentucky".
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 207-213 ISBN   0786422173