John Cochrane was nominated for vice-president. ==General election== The 1864 election was the first time since 1812 that a presidential election took place during a war. For much of 1864, Lincoln himself believed he had little chance of being re-elected.
Lincoln's re-election ensured that he would preside over the successful conclusion of the Civil War. Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson in 1832, as well as the first Northern president to ever win re-election.
He had been governor of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857 and was elected by the legislature to the Senate in 1857.
He had been governor of Tennessee from 1853 to 1857 and was elected by the legislature to the Senate in 1857.
Both states had voted for Lincoln, so it would not have changed the result in any case. Three new states participated for the first time: Kansas, West Virginia, and Nevada. Despite Kentucky's state government never seceding from the Union, the Commonwealth had an election participation rate decrease of almost 40% compared to the election of 1860. McClellan won just three states: Kentucky, Delaware, and his home state of New Jersey.
Lincoln won in every state he carried in 1860 except New Jersey, and also carried a state won four years earlier by Stephen Douglas (Missouri), one carried by John C.
In his congressional service, he sought passage of the Homestead Bill which was enacted soon after he left his Senate seat in 1862.
In 1862, Lincoln appointed him as military governor of Tennessee after most of it had been retaken.
After the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, moderate Peace Democrats proposed a negotiated peace that would secure Union victory.
The 1864 United States presidential election, the 20th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864.
For the election, the Republican Party and some Democrats created the National Union Party, especially to attract War Democrats. Despite some intra-party opposition from Salmon Chase and the Radical Republicans, Lincoln won his party's nomination at the 1864 National Union National Convention.
The 1864 Democratic National Convention nominated McClellan, a War Democrat, but adopted a platform advocating peace with the Confederacy, which McClellan rejected. Despite his early fears of defeat, Lincoln won strong majorities in the popular and electoral vote, partly as a result of the recent Union victory at the Battle of Atlanta.
He was acquitted in the Senate by one vote. ==Background== The Presidential election of 1864 took place during the American Civil War.
It faced off against the regular Democratic Party, including Peace Democrats. ==Nominations== The 1864 presidential election conventions of the parties are considered below in order of the party's popular vote. ===National Union Party nomination=== National Union candidates: Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States Ulysses S.
The New York World newspaper, particularly interested in undermining the National Union Party, ran a series of articles predicting a delay for the National Union Convention until late in 1864 to allow Frémont time to collect delegates to win the nomination.
Lincoln was still popular with most members of the Republican Party, and the National Union Party nominated him for a second term as president at their convention in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 7–8, 1864.
Additionally, friends of Horatio Seymour insisted on placing his name before the convention, which was held in Chicago, Illinois, on August 29–31, 1864.
McClellan supported the continuation of the war and restoration of the Union, but the party platform, written by Vallandigham, opposed this position. ===Radical Democracy Party nomination=== ====Radical Democracy Party candidates gallery==== ====Radical Democracy Party vice-presidential candidates gallery==== The Radical Democracy Convention assembled in Ohio with delegates arriving on May 29, 1864.
The convention nominated Frémont for president, and he accepted the nomination on June 4, 1864.
John Cochrane was nominated for vice-president. ==General election== The 1864 election was the first time since 1812 that a presidential election took place during a war. For much of 1864, Lincoln himself believed he had little chance of being re-elected.
After three weeks of discussions with Cochrane and his supporters, Frémont withdrew from the race in September 1864.
On September 23, 1864 Frémont also brokered a political deal in which Lincoln removed U.S.
One county (0.1%) in Iowa split evenly between Lincoln and McClellan. This was the last election the Republicans won in Maryland until 1896. Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): (a) The states in rebellion did not participate in the election of 1864.(b) The 17 electoral votes from Tennessee and Louisiana were rejected.
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This led to conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868.
One county (0.1%) in Iowa split evenly between Lincoln and McClellan. This was the last election the Republicans won in Maryland until 1896. Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): (a) The states in rebellion did not participate in the election of 1864.(b) The 17 electoral votes from Tennessee and Louisiana were rejected.
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