1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1864 United States presidential election 1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1860 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1860 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1868 November 8, 1864 x200px Abraham Lincoln O-84 by Brady, 1864 (Cropped).jpg Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States) Illinois Andrew Johnson 0 (+10 invalidated)"Louisiana and Tennessee Electoral Votes" Elections were held in the Union-occupied military districts in the states of Louisiana and Tennessee, but no electoral votes were counted from them.Donald David Herbert Jean Harvey Baker Michael F. Holt The Civil War and Reconstruction New York W. W. Norton & Company 2001 427 https://books.google.com/books?id=OqhxQgAACAAJ&pg=PA427 9780393974270 ≈30,000 ≈86% GeorgeMcClellan2 (3x4 cropped).jpg George B. McClellan Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey George H. Pendleton 0 ≈5,000 ≈14% 350px County results unknown due to destroyed ballot boxes President Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States) File:Proposed flag of Tennessee (1861).svg 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. However, due to Tennessee's prior secession and allegiance to the Confederacy, all votes from the state were rejected. Tennessee voted for the National Union candidate, 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 Chicago Tribune reported that about 30,000 votes were cast for Lincoln and 5,000 for Democratic candidate George B. McClellan, but that many ballot boxes were destroyed by Confederate guerrillas and thus the exact number was not known.Humanities National Endowment for the 1864-11-18 Chicago tribune. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1864-1872, November 18, 1864, Image 2 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014064/1864-11-18/ed-1/seq-2/ 2021-12-05 2572-9977 In marked contrast, Anne H. Hopkins and William Lyons claim Lincoln won 99.2% of 17,264 votes cast in Tennessee, without specifying the exact number of votes for either ticket.Hopkins Anne H. Lyons William Tennessee Votes, 1799-1976 1978 University of Tennessee Knoxville 46 If these figures are taken to be correct or even remotely close to correct, then Lincoln's share of the total vote is the best Republican performance ever in Tennessee for a presidential election. See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee 1864 United States presidential election in Louisiana - The other state during the 1864 presidential election where the votes were rejected Footnotes References Tennessee 1864 Category:1864 Tennessee elections