Republicans opposed to Lincoln nominated John C. Fremont as their candidate. President Abraham Lincoln's supporters joined Democrats to form the National Union Party, which nominated Lincoln for re-election. The Democratic Party nominated ex-General George McClellan.
After Fremont withdrew, Lincoln easily defeated McClellan to remain President.
the republican nominee and landslide victor was president Ulysses S. Grant
the democratic nominee was Horace Greeley but he died 3 weeks after the election. Electoral votes committed to Greeley were split among 4 democratic candidates - B. Gratz Brown, Thomas Hendricks, Charles Jenkins and David Davis.
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.
The presidential candidates of the two major parties in the 1864 general election in the United States were:
Abraham Lincoln (National Union Party)
George B McClellan (Democrat)
Abraham Lincoln.
The person who won the 1864 presidential election was Abraham Lincoln.
What candidate and party did Fillmore support in the 1864 election
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.
Lincoln won the 1864 presidential election.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
George McClellan
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
The election of 1866 was not a Presidential race. Rather it was a midterm election that refreshed the United States Congress.
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Andrew Johnson was Abraham Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the 1864 presidential election. He succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated in April of 1865.
The presidential candidate who received the least votes in the South in the election of 1860 was John Bell.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.