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180 out of 303 possible electoral votes. He received 40% of the popular vote.
When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th US President, on November 6, 1860, He received 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote.
When Abraham Lincoln was first elected President of the US, on November 6, 1860, he received 180 of the 303, possible 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.
He got more votes than the other candidate.
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.
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.
Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Mississippi in the 1860 presidential election.
Abraham Lincoln
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.
In 1860 Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States winning 40% of the popular vote. Lincoln was very upset when he learned that he received only 6 votes in the county of his birth, Hardin County, Kentucky. It seems that some scandal-mongers were casting doubt about Lincoln's parentage, saying Nancy Lincoln was a prostitute and gave birth to Abraham by another man.
Andrew Johnson was not a candidate for office in 1860. He was serving in the U.S. Senate representing Tennessee. He was elected to the Senate in 1857. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. Hannibal Hamlin was Lincoln's vice-president running mate in 1860. Andrew Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president running mate in 1864. 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 and Andrew Johnson received 212 electoral votes. George McClellan received 21 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Lincoln/Johnson 2,218,388 and McClellan 1,812,807.