United
States President Abraham Lincoln was voted into a second term on November 8th
1864, by around 400,000 votes.
The United
State presidential election was held Tuesday November 8th 1864,
despite the ongoing Civil War. Sitting
President Abraham Lincoln was the Republican or “National Union Party” candidate,
running against Democratic “Peace Candidate” Union General George B McClellan. When the votes were counted, Lincoln won the
popular vote by more than 400,000 votes.
Many of these coming from soldiers in the field, and on the strength of
the Union win in the Battle of Atlanta on September 6th 1864. It was the first time that soldiers in the
field were allowed to cast ballots, and around 70% went for Lincoln. From the stand point of the Electoral College
Lincoln took 212 of the 233 available votes.
Lincoln was
the first incumbent president to win a reelection since Andrew Jackson was
reelected to a second term in 1832.
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