| ←1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 → Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 8 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Abraham Lincoln (National Union) |
| Next Congress | 39th |
| Presidential election | |
| Partisan control | National Union hold |
| Popular vote margin | National Union +10.0% |
| Electoral vote | |
| Abraham Lincoln (NU) | 212[1] |
| George B. McClellan (D) | 21 |
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| 1864 presidential election results.Red denotes states won by Lincoln,blue denotes states won by McClellan, andbrown denotes Confederate states that did not participate in the election. Numbers indicate theelectoral votes won by each candidate. | |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | National Union hold |
| Seats contested | 14 of 50 seats[2] |
| Net seat change | National Union +2[3] |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | National Union hold |
| Seats contested | All 243 voting members |
| Net seat change | National Union +40[3] |
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| 1864–65 House of Representatives election results National Union gain National Union hold Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
Elections for the39th United States Congress.National UnionpresidentAbraham Lincoln was elected to a second term, while the Republican-Unionist coalition increased its majorities in theUnited States Congress. The elections were held during theAmerican Civil War. Lincoln wasassassinated shortly after hissecond inauguration and was succeeded by Johnson, who tried and failed to sustain the National Union Party.
In thepresidential election, the National Union ticket of the incumbent presidentAbraham Lincoln and themilitary governor of TennesseeAndrew Johnson defeated theDemocratic ticket ofmajor generalGeorge B. McClellan and theU.S. representative fromOhio's 1st congressional districtGeorge H. Pendleton.[4] Lincoln overcame factionalism in the Union Party and early concerns about the progress of the war to easily carry both the popular and electoral vote; his margin in theelectoral college represented thegreatest share of the electoral vote sinceJames Monroe's uncontested re-election in1820. Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win re-election sinceAndrew Jackson in1832 and the first president not affiliated with theDemocratic-Republican Party or theDemocratic Party to win a second term.
Republican-Unionists gained seats in theHouse of Representatives, converting their plurality into a majority.[5]
In theSenate, Republican-Unionists gained several seats, and continued to hold a majority.[6]
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