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Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party. He was the first Republican president, winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North: he was not even on the ballot in nine states in the South, and won only 2 of 996 counties in the other Southern states. Lincoln gained 1,865,908 votes (39.9% of the total), for 180 electoral votes; Douglas, 1,380,202 (29.5%) for 12 electoral votes; Breckenridge, 848,019 (18.1%) for 72 electoral votes; and Bell, 590,901 (12.5%) for 39 electoral votes. There were fusion tickets in some states, but even if his opponents had combined in every state, Lincoln had a majority vote in all but two of the states in which he won the electoral votes and would still have won the electoral college and the election.
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Who was Lincolns Democratic opponent in the election of 1864?
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864 was General George McClellan.
Who was Lincolns running mate in the 1864 election?
Andrew Johnson, who became president upon Lincoln's death , ran with Lincoln in 1864.
Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the election of 1864?
Douglas 1860, McCelland 1864
The temporary 1864 coalition of republicans and war democrats that backed lincolns re-election?
Union Party
What aided Lincolns re-election in 1864?
The Capture of Atlanta by Sherman's Union Army on November 2, 1864. It was the end of an offensive campaign which started on May 45, 1864.
General George McClellan was Lincoln's Democratic opponent in the 1864 election.?
True(:
Did Lincoln win election 1864 or Douglas?
Lincoln won the 1864 presidential election.
Who ran in the 1864 United States Presidential election and what was the result?
Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 presidential election was none other than his long time rival Stephan Douglas. Up until election day Lincoln and much of the country had assumed his failure for re-election.
1864 in presidential election the democrats?
The person who won the 1864 presidential election was Abraham Lincoln.
What was the exact date of the election of 1864?
November 8, 1864 Abraham Lincoln won the election! :)
What candidate and party did Fillmore support in the 1864 election?
What candidate and party did Fillmore support in the 1864 election
How did lincolns election of 1860 show sectionalism?
because it did.
