1864 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas United States 1863 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Kansas 1868 November 8, 1864 x200px Abraham Lincoln O-84 by Brady, 1864 (Cropped).jpg Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States) Illinois Andrew Johnson 3 17,089 81.67% GeorgeMcClellan2 (3x4 cropped).jpg George B. McClellan Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey George H. Pendleton 0 3,836 18.33% President Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States) 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 300px County results Lincoln #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% McClellan #86b6f2 50–60% The 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the first presidential election in which Kansas participated, following its admission as the 34th state on January 29, 1861. The National Union ticket of incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Tennessee Governor Andrew Johnson defeated the Democratic ticket of former Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan and U.S. Representative George H. Pendleton and carried Kansas's three electoral votes. Lincoln and Johnson carried the state by a landslide margin of 63%. With more than 81% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory in the state was his strongest victory in the country in terms of his share of the popular vote, and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas.Leip Dave 1864 Presidential Election Statistics https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1864&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections March 5, 2018 In addition to the votes cast for the regular electoral tickets pledged to Lincoln and McClellan, 655 votes were cast for Ellsworth CheeseboroughSometimes spelled Cheesebrough or Chesebrough. of Atchison County. Some tertiary sources, such as Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, count these as votes for independent or write-in candidates.Leip Dave 1864 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1864&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections August 20, 2024Leip counts 543 votes for Cheeseborough and 112 write-in votes; on inspection of the original returns published in the Annals of Kansas (p. 390), it appears these represent the soldier and civilian totals for Cheeseborough, which were tabulated separately. In fact, Cheeseborough was an elector nominated on the National Union ticket who died prior to the election.Andreas A. T. History of the State of Kansas 1883 Chicago 213 https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJRepublican Union State Ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1864-10-20/ed-1/seq-2/ White Cloud Kansas Chief October 20, 1864 Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College, whose names appeared on tickets printed and circulated by the parties alongside the nominees for president and vice president.General Laws of the State of Kansas [...] Lawrence 1863 98–100 Election for Electors, and Amending an Act https://books.google.com/books?id=-j9NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22election%20for%20electors,%20and%20amending%20an%20act%22 Kansas The Presidential Counts: A Complete Official Record [...] 1877 New York 441 https://books.google.com/books?id=o2wFAAAAQAAJ One great objection to the present electoral system is that it absolutely circumscribes the power and the rights of the individual voter. He cannot now vote for the man of his choice for President, but must vote for electors. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party, or if one or several electors were replaced close to the election.Ratcliffe Donald J. Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824 Journal of the Early Republic Spring 2014 34 1 57 24486931 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486931 Following Cheeseborough's death, the National Union Party substituted Thomas Moonlight and W. F. Cloud as candidates for the Electoral College from Kansas. (Nelson McCracken, the second elector on the National Union ticket, had also died in the interim.)Andreas, 213.Regular Union Republican Ticket https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016419/1864-11-05/ed-1/seq-2/ Emporia News November 5, 1864 Nevertheless, Cheeseborough's name continued to appear on printed tickets as a National Union candidate for elector in the final days before the election.Presidential Electors https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84030186/1864-10-29/ed-1/seq-2/ Smoky Hill and Republican Union October 29, 1864For Presidential Electors https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027640/1864-10-29/ed-1/seq-2/ Big Blue Union October 29, 1864 A small number of tickets featuring Cheeseborough were cast, and these were counted separately from votes for the substitute National Union ticket.Wilder Daniel W. The Annals of Kansas 1875 Topeka 389–90 https://books.google.com/books?id=CGPJErBisxcC Abstract of the Soldier vote for Electors of President and Vice President [...] E. Cheeseborough, 543.Admire W. W. Admire's Political and Legislative Handbook for Kansas 1891 Topeka 224 https://books.google.com/books?id=HXJDAAAAIAAJ Abstract of the soldier vote for electors of president and vice president [...] E. Cheeseborough, 543. Results 1864 United States presidential election in KansasCongressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. elections 1985 Congressional Quarterly Inc. Washington, D.C. 336 https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse/page/336/mode/2up Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) National Union Party (United States) 17,089 81.67 George B. McClellan Democratic Party (United States) 3,836 18.33 20,923 100% Results by elector 1864 United States presidential election in KansasWilder, 389–90; Admire, 224. Robert McBratney National Union Party (United States) 17,029 27.20 W. F. McCloud National Union Party (United States) 16,814 26.86 Thomas Moonlight National Union Party (United States) 10,431 16.66 Marcus J. Parrott National Union (Anti-Lane) #b22222 6,203 9.91 Nelson Cobb Democratic Party (United States) 3,836 6.13 Andrew Ege Democratic Party (United States) 3,828 6.11 Thomas Bridgens Democratic Party (United States) 3,807 6.08 Ellsworth Cheeseborough † National Union Party (United States) 655 1.01 See also United States presidential elections in Kansas Notes References Kansas 1864 Category:1864 Kansas elections