1864 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1864 United States presidential election in Nevada
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November 8, 1864 1868  
  Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg GeorgeMcClellan2 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Abraham Lincoln George B. McClellan
Party National Union Democratic
Home state Illinois New Jersey
Running mate Andrew Johnson George H. Pendleton
Electoral vote20
Popular vote9,8266,594
Percentage59.84%40.16%

Nevada 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 Nevada took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three electors of the Electoral College, two of whom voted for president and vice president. [1] [2]

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Nevada voted in its first ever presidential election in 1864, having become the 36th state just eight days before the election (on October 31). The state was won by the National Union candidate, incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and his running mate former Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson. They defeated the Democratic candidate, 4th Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan of New Jersey and his running mate Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio. [1] Lincoln won the state by a margin of 19.68%.

Due to one of the electors, Addison Peck, getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him, [2] this election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a state or district in a presidential election: the others were in Mississippi in 1820, as one of the state's three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement, and the District of Columbia in 2000, as one of the district's three electors abstained.

Results

General Election Results [3]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
National Union Abraham LincolnA. W. Baldwin9,826
National Union Abraham LincolnStephen T. Gage9,822
National Union Abraham LincolnA. S. Peck [lower-alpha 1] 9,822
Democratic Party George B. McClellanH. M. Jones6,594
Democratic Party George B. McClellanM. S. Bonnifield6,590
Democratic Party George B. McClellanJ. F. Angell6,587
Votes cast [lower-alpha 2] 16,420

Results by county

Abraham Lincoln
National Union
George Brinton McClellan
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 3]
County# %# %# %
Churchill 12945.42%15554.58%-26-9.16%284
Douglas 49974.37%17225.63%32748.73%671
Esmeralda 61359.46%41840.54%19518.91%1,031
Humboldt 48459.02%33640.98%14818.05%820
Lander 1,32051.91%1,22348.09%973.81%2,543
Lyon 96475.55%31224.45%65251.10%1,276
Nye 11561.17%7338.83%4222.34%188
Ormsby 70855.62%56544.38%14311.23%1,273
Storey 3,41058.18%2,45141.82%95916.36%5,861
Washoe & Roop 1,07256.57%82343.43%44613.14%1,895 [lower-alpha 4]
Soldiers51288.58%6611.42%44677.16%578
Totals9,82659.84%6,59440.16%3,23219.68%16,420

See also

Notes

  1. Was unable cast his Electoral College vote
  2. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  3. Based on highest elector on each ticket
  4. Returns for Washoe and Roop were received together.

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References

  1. 1 2 "1864 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  2. 1 2 Rocha, Guy. "Nevada Myths". Nevada State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. Nevada State Archives, Official Canvass of the Vote of Nevada Cast Nov. 8th 1864