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1864 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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1864 United States presidential election in Wisconsin United States 1863 presidential no 1860 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1860 1868 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1868 November 8, 1864 x200px Abraham Lincoln O-84 by Brady, 1864 (Cropped).jpg Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States) Illinois Andrew Johnson 8 79,564 55.31% GeorgeMcClellan2 (3x4 cropped).jpg George B. McClellan Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey George H. Pendleton 0 63,876 44.40% 315px County results 315px Congressional district results Lincoln
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#0645b4 80–90% President Abraham Lincoln Republican Party (United States) Abraham Lincoln National Union Party (United States)
The 1864 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wisconsin would be won by the National Union Party candidate, incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1864&fips=55&off=0&elect=0&f=0 1864 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin August 18, 2016 They defeated the Democratic candidate George B. McClellan and his running mate George H. Pendleton. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 13.20%.
This was the last election until 1912 in which a Democrat carried Lafayette County.
Results
+ General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled at a General Election held in the several towns, wards and election precincts in the State of Wisconsin and by the electors of the State of Wisconsin in the military service of the United States, on Tuesday the Eighth day of November A.D. 1864 for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, State Superintendent, and Members of CongressParty Pledged to Elector Votes National Union Abraham Lincoln William W. Field79,564 National Union Abraham Lincoln Henry L. Blood79,562 National Union Abraham Lincoln George C. Northrop79,357 National Union Abraham Lincoln Allen Warden79,355 National Union Abraham Lincoln Alexander S. McDill79,328 National Union Abraham Lincoln Henry F. Belitz79,270 National Union Abraham Lincoln Henry J. Turner79,250 National Union Abraham Lincoln Jonathan Bowman79,225 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Theodore Rudolf63,876 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Randall Wilcox63,875 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Isaac W. Webster63,838 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Frederick W. Horn63,810 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Charles Morgan63,770 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Garrit T. Thorne63,686 Democratic Party George B. McClellan J. Stephens Tripp63,606 Democratic Party George B. McClellan Harvey T. Ramsey63,451 Write-in Scattering418Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 143,858
Results by county
County Abraham LincolnNational Union George B. McClellanDemocratic Margin Total votescastBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # %Adams58272.48%22127.52%36144.96%803Ashland"late" The returns from this county did not arrive in time to be counted by the Board of Canvassers1432.56%2967.44%-15-34.88%43Brown73036.21%1,28663.79%-556-27.58%2,016Buffalo59767.76%28432.24%31335.53%881Calumet44438.21%71861.79%-274-23.58%1,162Chippewa20541.16%29358.84%-88-17.67%498Clark17178.08%4821.92%12356.16%219Columbia2,65264.14%1,48335.86%1,16928.27%4,135Crawford71147.49%78652.51%-75-5.01%1,497Dane4,01851.34%3,80948.66%2092.67%7,827Dodge3,22640.71%4,69859.29%-1,472-18.58%7,924Door24463.38%7519.48%16943.90%385Includes 66 Scattering votes. 26 of these are 13 each for George McClellan and George Pendleton, the Democratic nominees for President and Vice President, respectively.Douglas3735.58%6764.42%-30-28.85%104Dunn50556.93%25128.30%25428.64%887Includes 131 Scattering votes. These appear to have been intended for Union elector Turner.Eau Claire"late"51558.72%36241.28%15317.45%877Fond du Lac3,48351.30%3,30648.70%1772.61%6,789Grant3,24467.51%1,56132.49%1,68335.03%4,805Green2,01764.56%1,10735.44%91029.13%3,124Green Lake1,44174.01%50625.99%93548.02%1,947Iowa1,28247.38%1,42452.62%-142-5.25%2,706Jackson68076.66%20723.34%47353.33%887Jefferson2,15744.03%2,74255.97%-585-11.94%4,899Juneau77653.04%68746.96%896.08%1,463Kenosha1,31859.99%87940.01%43919.98%2,197KewauneeThe return from this county was rejected by the Board of Canvassers on account of informality15717.25%75382.75%-596-65.49%910La Crosse1,53162.93%90237.07%62925.85%2,433La Pointe1540.54%2259.46%-7-18.92%37Lafayette1,46946.21%1,71053.79%-241-7.58%3,179Manitowoc1,17934.40%2,24865.60%-1,069-31.19%3,427Marathon13620.51%52779.49%-391-58.97%663Marquette43740.24%64959.76%-212-19.52%1,086Milwaukee3,17531.60%6,87468.40%-3,699-36.81%10,049Monroe1,16064.12%64935.88%51128.25%1,809Oconto29161.78%17837.79%11323.99%471Includes 2 Scattering votes. These votes appear to have been intended for Union elector BelitzOutagamie65139.70%98960.30%-338-20.61%1,640Ozaukee24310.59%2,05089.36%-1,807-78.77%2,294Includes 1 Scattering votePepin27369.64%11930.36%15439.29%392Pierce65666.80%32633.20%33033.60%982Polk17662.19%10737.81%6924.38%283Portage70469.36%31130.64%39338.72%1,015Racine2,03455.30%1,64444.70%39010.60%3,678Richland1,02061.00%65239.00%36822.01%1,672Rock4,36774.03%1,53225.97%2,83548.06%5,899Sauk2,07667.82%98532.18%1,09135.64%3,061Shawano13458.01%9741.99%3716.02%231Sheboygan1,95847.26%2,18552.74%-227-5.48%4,143St. Croix59444.90%51138.62%836.27%1,323Includes 218 Scattering votes. 139 of these appear to have been intended for Democratic elector Thorne. 79 of these appear to have been intended for Union elector Belitz.Trempealeau57380.25%14119.75%43260.50%714Vernon1,33674.85%44925.15%88749.69%1,785Walworth3,45574.35%1,19225.65%2,26348.70%4,647Washington65818.37%2,92381.63%-2,265-63.25%3,581Waukesha2,00947.78%2,19652.22%-187-4.45%4,205Waupaca1,13967.84%54032.16%59935.68%1,679Waushara1,05378.88%28221.12%77157.75%1,335Winnebago2,92362.26%1,77237.74%1,15124.52%4,695Wood24749.90%24850.10%-1-0.20%495SoldiersA sizeable fraction of the Soldier vote was rejected. The figures here are the ones that were counted by the Board of Canvassers. The rejected Soldier vote was 2,477 for Lincoln and 584 for McClellan.11,37282.41%2,42817.59%8,94464.81%13,800TotalDoes not include the late votes from Adams and Eau Claire counties, the rejected vote from Kewaunee County, and the rejected Soldier votes.79,56455.31%63,87644.40%15,68810.91%143,858
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Ashland
Calumet
Chippewa
Douglas
Iowa
Jefferson
La Pointe
Manitowoc
Sheboygan
Waukesha
Wood
See also
United States presidential elections in Wisconsin
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