1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee
  1860 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 vote0 (+10 invalidated) [lower-alpha 1] 0
Popular vote~30,000~5,000
Percentage~86%~14%

President before election

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
National Union

The 1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose 10 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Tennessee voted for incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln. The state (along with Louisiana) chose electors for the election after being captured early in the American Civil War. However, due to issues related to the Civil War, their votes were rejected.

The vote was reported at about 30,000 for Lincoln and 5,000 for McClellan by the Chicago Tribune newspaper, but stated that many ballot boxes were destroyed by Confederate guerrillas and thus the exact number was not known. [2] [3]

If these figures are taken to be correct or even remotely close to correct, this is the best Republican performance ever in Tennessee for a presidential election.

Footnotes

  1. Elections were held in the Union-occupied military districts in the states of Louisiana and Tennessee, but no electoral votes were counted from them. [1]

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References

  1. Donald, David Herbert; Baker, Jean Harvey; Holt, Michael F. (2001). The Civil War and Reconstruction. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 427. ISBN   9780393974270.
  2. Humanities, National Endowment for the (November 18, 1864). "Chicago tribune. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1864-1872, November 18, 1864, Image 2". ISSN   2572-9977 . Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  3. "Our Campaigns - TN US President Race - Nov 08, 1864". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 28, 2024.