The most likely result would have been a negotiated peace and subsequent coexistence with the Confederate States of America.
George B. McClellan. McClellan also ran for president against Lincoln in 1864 (but lost). McClellan's son was also governor of New Jersey.
General George Mcclellan was, by all accounts, an egomaniac. He was bitter over his removal from command by Lincoln. In running for President in 1864 against Lincoln, he sought to "get even" and embarrass Lincoln.
They were the anti-war Democrats, who were in favour of a compromise peace. If Lincoln had lost the election of 1864, McClellan (a suspected Copperhead) would probably have gone for this outcome, and the South would have got their independence.
Lincoln was a Republican when he ran for President. The party changed its name in 1864 in hopes of getting more votes. When he was elected to Congress, he was a Whig.
McClellan was the Candidate nominated by the Democratic Party to challenge President Lincoln in the presidential election of 1864. He supported the continuation of the war and the restoration of the Union (but not the abolition of the slavery) andnot the peace at any price.Indeed the platform of the Party, written by the notorious Clement Vallandigham, claimed an immediate armistice and a settlement which had to be negotiated with the Confederacy. That forced McClellan to repudiate that platform leading to a deep division of the Democrats.
Abraham Lincoln was re-elected November 8, 1864.
November 1864
Lincoln was first elected in 1860. He was re-elected in 1864, and began to serve his second term in 1865.
The democratic nominee for president in the 1864 election was George B. McClellan. McClellan was a former Union general during the Civil War and ran against the incumbent president, Abraham Lincoln.
The Democratic candidate was General George McClellan.
George B. McClellan. McClellan also ran for president against Lincoln in 1864 (but lost). McClellan's son was also governor of New Jersey.
Republican Party candidate incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate George McClellan. In the 1864 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 212 electoral votes and George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.
1860 and again in 1864.
1860 was the year that Lincoln was elected president for the first time. He was elected again in 1864.
George H. Pendleton was General George McClellan's running mate on the Democratic ticket of 1864.
Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. In the 1864 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 212 electoral votes and George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.
Former General George B. McClellan ran against Lincoln in 1864. 1864 Presidential Election The candidates for the Presidential election of 1864 were; Abraham Lincoln - Andrew Johnson (Republican), and George McClellan - G. H. Pendleton (Democratic). Abraham Lincoln won the election and was reelected into his second term. The 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln was in office from March 4, 1861 until April 15, 1865 when he was assassinated.