1864 United States presidential election in New York

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1864 United States presidential election in New York

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Turnout	89.3% [1] 6.2 pp
Nominee Abraham Lincoln George B. McClellan Party National Union Democratic Home state Illinois New Jersey Running mate Andrew Johnson George H. Pendleton Electoral vote 33 0 Popular vote 368,735 361,986 Percentage 50.46% 49.54%
County Results Lincoln   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% McClellan   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Abraham Lincoln Republican Elected President Abraham Lincoln National Union

The 1864 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York voted for the National Union candidate, incumbent Republican president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson. They defeated the Democratic candidate George B. McClellan and his running mate George H. Pendleton. Lincoln won the state by a bare margin of 0.92%.

Although he lost the state, New York would prove to be McClellan's fourth strongest state after Kentucky, New Jersey, and Delaware. ^[2]

Results

1864 United States presidential election in New York [3] [4] [5] [a]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	National Union	Abraham Lincoln of Illinois	Andrew Johnson of Tennessee	368,735	50.46%	33	100.00%
	Democratic	George B. McClellan of New Jersey	George H. Pendleton of Ohio	361,986	49.54%	0	0.00%
Total				730,721	100.00%	33	100.00%

Results by county

County [3] [4] [5]	Abraham Lincoln National Union		George B. McClellan [b] Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Albany	10,206	44.10%	12,935	55.90%	-2,729	-11.79%	23,141
Allegany	6,240	70.90%	2,561	29.10%	3,679	41.80%	8,801
Broome	5,003	61.44%	3,140	38.56%	1,863	22.88%	8,143
Cattaraugus	5,505	60.63%	3,575	39.37%	1,930	21.26%	9,080
Cayuga	7,534	63.09%	4,407	36.91%	3,127	26.19%	11,941
Chautauqua	8,700	68.55%	3,991	31.45%	4,709	37.11%	12,691
Chemung	3,292	51.43%	3,109	48.57%	183	2.86%	6,401
Chenango	5,552	57.92%	4,034	42.08%	1,518	15.84%	9,586
Clinton	3,471	49.47%	3,546	50.53%	-75	-1.07%	7,017
Columbia	4,876	48.20%	5,240	51.80%	-364	-3.60%	10,116
Cortland	3,983	65.88%	2,063	34.12%	1,920	31.76%	6,046
Delaware	5,297	55.49%	4,249	44.51%	1,048	10.98%	9,546
Dutchess	7,2.01	52.02%	6,643	47.98%	558	4.03%	13,844
Erie	13,061	49.42%	13,368	50.58%	-307	-1.16%	26,429
Essex	3,224	59.81%	2,166	40.19%	1,058	19.63%	5,390
Franklin	2,839	60.71%	1,837	39.29%	1,002	21.43%	4,676
Fulton [c]	2,972	50.73%	2,887	49.27%	85	1.45%	5,859
Genesee	4,030	59.25%	2,772	40.75%	1,258	18.49%	6,802
Greene	3,087	44.20%	3,897	55.80%	-810	-11.60%	6,984
Herkimer	5,087	54.73%	4,208	45.27%	879	9.46%	9,295
Jefferson	8,592	59.53%	5,842	40.47%	2,750	19.05%	14,434
Kings	20,838	44.75%	25,727	55.25%	-4,889	-10.50%	46,565
Lewis	3,078	51.39%	2,911	48.61%	167	2.79%	5,989
Livingston	4,580	56.31%	3,553	43.69%	1,027	12.63%	8,133
Madison	6,182	62.26%	3,748	37.74%	2,434	24.51%	9,930
Monroe	10,203	52.84%	9,107	47.16%	1,096	5.68%	19,310
Montgomery	3,519	47.39%	3,907	52.61%	-388	-5.22%	7,426
New York	36,681	33.23%	73,707	66.77%	-37,026	-33.54%	110,388
Niagara	4,839	53.04%	4,285	46.96%	554	6.07%	9,124
Oneida	12,048	52.47%	10,914	47.53%	1,134	4.94%	22,962
Onondaga	10,996	55.79%	8,714	44.21%	2,282	11.58%	19,710
Ontario	5,409	57.56%	3,988	42.44%	1,421	15.12%	9,397
Orange	6,784	50.55%	6,637	49.45%	147	1.10%	13,421
Orleans	3,755	60.44%	2,458	39.56%	1,297	20.88%	6,213
Oswego	8,793	58.50%	6,238	41.50%	2,555	17.00%	15,031
Otsego	6,151	50.43%	6,046	49.57%	105	0.86%	12,197
Putnam	1,443	47.14%	1,618	52.86%	-175	-5.72%	3,061
Queens	4,284	44.24%	5,400	55.76%	-1,116	-11.52%	9,684
Rensselaer	9,159	49.41%	9,376	50.59%	-217	-1.17%	18,535
Richmond	1,564	35.23%	2,875	64.77%	-1,311	-29.53%	4,439
Rockland	1,445	38.72%	2,287	61.28%	-842	-22.56%	3,732
Saratoga	5,909	55.62%	4,715	44.38%	1,194	11.24%	10,624
Schenectady	2,263	49.50%	2,309	50.50%	-46	-1.01%	4,572
Schoharie	2,870	37.41%	4,801	62.59%	-1,931	-25.17%	7,671
Schuyler	2,576	57.64%	1,893	42.36%	683	15.28%	4,469
Seneca	2,680	45.06%	3,267	54.94%	-587	-9.87%	5,947
St. Lawrence	10,864	72.85%	4,048	27.15%	6,816	45.71%	14,912
Steuben	8,099	58.22%	5,813	41.78%	2,286	16.43%	13,912
Suffolk	4,305	51.66%	4,028	48.34%	277	3.32%	8,333
Sullivan	2,960	45.48%	3,548	54.52%	-588	-9.04%	6,508
Tioga	3,780	55.60%	3,018	44.40%	762	11.21%	6,798
Tompkins	4,518	60.14%	2,995	39.86%	1,523	20.27%	7,513
Ulster	6,900	47.05%	7,766	52.95%	-866	-5.90%	14,666
Warren	2,399	52.52%	2,169	47.48%	230	5.04%	4,568
Washington	6,221	63.07%	3,642	36.93%	2,579	26.15%	9,863
Wayne	6,122	58.23%	4,392	41.77%	1,730	16.45%	10,514
Westchester	7,607	44.85%	9,354	55.15%	-1,747	-10.30%	16,961
Wyoming	4,123	61.61%	2,569	38.39%	1,554	23.22%	6,692
Yates	3,036	64.20%	1,693	35.80%	1,343	28.40%	4,729
Totals	368,735	50.46%	361,986	49.54%	6,749	0.92%	730,721

Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Union

• Orange

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Clinton
• Columbia
• Erie
• Montgomery
• Schenectady
• Seneca
• Ulster

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York

Notes

1. Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket.
2. The figures below are the votes for David C. Judson, one of two Democratic electors who received 361,986 votes. Judson's county by county figures add up correctly to the stated total. Some sources, namely the 1865 Tribune Almanac, cite the county results for Washington Hunt, but those county figures do not add up correctly.
3. Includes Hamilton County

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1864 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "Official Canvass - Electoral". The Statesman. Yonkers. December 29, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
4. "Official Canvass - Electoral". Rockland County Journal. Nyack. January 27, 1865. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
5. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1865. New York: The Tribune Association. p. 48. Retrieved December 2, 2025.