The Democratic Party - divided into a North and a South faction.
Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat George McClellan in the election 0f 1864. Lincoln won 212 electoral votes to McClellan's 21 votes, and Lincoln beat McClellan by approximately 403,000 popular votes.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln won because Americans loved him, so he got most of the votes.
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Lincoln won the 1860 election because he had the most votes. He didn't have a majority by himself, but there were four candidates running and he had more than the others.
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge. In the 1860 presidential election Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes, John Breckinridge received 72 electoral votes, John Bell received 39 electoral votes, and Stephen Douglas received 12 electoral votes.
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.
He won almost all of the North's electoral votes.
Andrew Johnson was Abraham Lincoln's vice-presidential running mate in the 1864 presidential election. Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson received 2,218,388 popular votes and 212 electoral votes in the 1864 election. Lincoln was elected president and Johnson was elected vice-president.
Lincoln won the election in 1860 without the majority of the popular vote. He won 40% of the popular vote, and 180 out of 303 electoral votes.
He won almost all of the North's electoral votes.