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Election in Missouri
1864 United States presidential election in Missouri Turnout 8.83% of the total population 5.18 pp [1]
County Results
Lincoln
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90–100%
McClellan
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1864 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[2]
Missouri was won by the National Union candidate, incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and his running mate former Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson . They defeated the Democratic candidate, 4th Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan of New Jersey and his running mate Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio .[2] Lincoln won the state by a margin of 39.44%.
Despite the fact that slavery and state's rights were popular in Missouri, the state gave Lincoln his fourth best result for popular vote percentage points after neighboring Kansas , Vermont and Massachusetts .[3] The state was also his tenth highest for total votes.
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