Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln
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Template:Abraham Lincoln series This is the electoral history of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln served one term in the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (1847–1849). He later served as the 16th president of the United States (1861–1865).[1]
Illinois House of Representatives
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edmund D. Taylor | Script error: No such module "string". | 13.55 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John T. Stuart | Script error: No such module "string". | 11.92 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Achilles Morris | Script error: No such module "string". | 11.37 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Cartwright | Script error: No such module "string". | 9.80 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Archer G. Herndon | Script error: No such module "string". | 9.69 | |
| Democratic? | William Carpenter | Template:Replace | 9.31 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Dawson | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.62 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.90 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas M. Neale | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.87 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Quinton | Script error: No such module "string". | 5.83 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Zachariah Peters | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.57 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Robinson | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.03 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Kirkpatrick | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.53 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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Template:Election box winning candidate no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln | Script error: No such module "string". | 16.06 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Carpenter | Script error: No such module "string". | 13.65 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John T. Stuart (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 13.58 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Quinton | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.11 | |
| White Party | Andrew McCormick | Template:Replace | 8.10 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Alvey | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.15 | |
| White Party | Thomas M. Neale | Template:Replace | 6.00 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Shadrick J. Campbell | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.24 | |
| Independent? | James Shepherd | Template:Replace | 1.80 | |
| Whig? | James Baker | Template:Replace | 1.52 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Durley | Script error: No such module "string". | 1.07 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Kendall | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.49 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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Template:Election box winning candidate no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 9.39 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William F. Elkin | Script error: No such module "string". | 9.27 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ninian W. Edwards | Script error: No such module "string". | 9.08 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Dawson (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.98 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Robert L. Wilson | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.40 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Andrew McCormick | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.14 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Calhoun | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.99 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jacob M. Early | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.53 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Quinlon | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.22 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas Winn | Script error: No such module "string". | 5.32 | |
| Democratic? | Aaron Vandiver | Template:Replace | 5.04 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Mann | Script error: No such module "string". | 4.99 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Power | Script error: No such module "string". | 4.95 | |
| Anti-Junto Whig | James Baker | Template:Replace | 0.55 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John L. Thompson | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.21 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Yancy | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.07 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.87 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ninian W. Edwards (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.75 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Dickinson Baker | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.58 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Calhoun | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.41 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William F. Elkin (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.30 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Dawson (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.94 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Andrew McCormick (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.72 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas J. Vance | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.56 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Moses K. Anderson | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.41 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Harry Riggin | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.48 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas Skinner | Script error: No such module "string". | 6.01 | |
| Anti-Junto Party | Davis Robinson | Template:Replace | 5.74 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Francis Reegnier | Script error: No such module "string". | 5.26 | |
| Anti-Junto Whig | Wharton Ransdell | Template:Replace | 1.12 | |
| Anti-Junto Whig | William Hacknay | Template:Replace | 0.97 | |
| Anti-Junto Whig | James Baker | Template:Replace | 0.89 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James M. Bradford | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.13 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James N. Brown | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.12 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Darneille | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.08 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Josiah Francis | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.05 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 12.03 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Calhoun (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.26 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. | Script error: No such module "string". | 8.10 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James W. Barrett | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.90 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Cooper | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.67 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Moses K. Anderson | Script error: No such module "string". | 7.66 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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United States House of Representatives
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 1842: Despite aspirations for the congressional office, Lincoln did not actively run for the Whig Party nomination; as a delegate to the Whig nominating convention, Lincoln helped cut a deal that would give John J. Hardin the nomination in 1842, Edward Dickinson Baker the nomination in 1844 and Lincoln the nomination in 1846.[5][6][7]
1846 elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln | Script error: No such module "string". | 55.53 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Peter Cartwright | Script error: No such module "string". | 42.29 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Elihu Walcott | Script error: No such module "string". | 2.18 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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Illinois House of Representatives
1854 - Wins seat in Illinois House of Representatives.[9][10] Declines serving in that seat in order to be eligible for his immediate candidacy for United States Senate.[11][12] The election was held in November 1854, for a term starting in January 1855.[13]
1855 US Senate election
The election was held on February 8, 1855,[14][15][16] for a term starting in March 1855.
- Note: At this time, U.S. Senators were elected by the state legislatures, not by vote of the people
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Shields, Democrat | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abraham Lincoln, Whig | 45 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 27 | 15 | 0 |
| Lyman Trumbull, Democrat | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 51 |
| William B. Ogden, Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel A. Matteson, Democrat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 47 |
| William Kellogg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustavus Koerner | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyrus Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando B. Ficklin, Democrat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William A. Denning | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin P. Sweet | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Archibald Williams, Whig | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Young Scammon, Whig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orville H. Browning, Whig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John A. Logan, Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John A. McClernand, Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51 votes needed for election
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Note: Five "anti-Nebraska" Democrats (i.e. opposed to the Kansas–Nebraska Act) voted for Trumbull rather than vote for Lincoln, a Whig. When pro-Nebraska Democrats were unable to reelect Shields, they switched their allegiance to Matteson, who had no stance on the Act. Lincoln then withdrew and threw his support to Trumbull, so that an anti-Nebraska candidate would be assured victory.[14][15]
1856 presidential election
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Vice presidential nomination for the Republican Party
- William Lewis Dayton: 523 (64.73%)
- Abraham Lincoln: 110 (13.61%)
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks: 46 (5.69%)
- David Wilmot: 43 (5.32%)
- Charles Sumner: 35 (4.33%)
- Jacob Collamer: 15 (1.86%)
- John Alsop King: 9 (1.11%)
- Samuel C. Pomeroy: 8 (0.99%)
- Thomas Ford: 7 (0.87%)
- Henry Charles Carey: 3 (0.37%)
- Cassius M. Clay: 3 (0.37%)
- Joshua R. Giddings: 2 (0.25%)
- Whitfield Johnson: 2 (0.25%)
- Aaron Pennington: 1 (0.12%)
- Henry Wilson: 1 (0.12%)
- Wyatt Gauger. 1(0.8%)
1858 US Senate election
- Note: At this time, U.S. Senators were elected by the state legislatures, not by vote of the people
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Stephen A. Douglas (inc.) | 54 | 54.00 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abraham Lincoln | 46 | 46.00 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 8.00 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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1860 presidential election
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Republican Party nomination
| Nominee | Home State | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd "corrected" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | New York | 173.5 | 184.5 | 180 | 111.5 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Illinois | 102 | 181 | 231.5 | 349 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Pennsylvania | 50.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Ohio | 49 | 42.5 | 24.5 | 2 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Missouri | 48 | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | New Jersey | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Ohio | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Vermont | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Ohio | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | California | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Kentucky | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Upon seeing how close Lincoln was to the 233 votes needed after the third ballot, a delegate from Ohio switched 4 votes from Chase to Lincoln. This triggered an avalanche towards Lincoln with a final count of 364 votes out of 466 cast.[17]
General election
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote(a) | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican | Illinois | 1,865,908 | 39.8% | 180 | Hannibal Hamlin | Maine | 180 |
| John C. Breckinridge | Southern Democratic | Kentucky | 848,019 | 18.1% | 72 | Joseph Lane | Oregon | 72 |
| John Bell | Constitutional Union/Whig | Tennessee | 590,901 | 12.6% | 39 | Edward Everett | Massachusetts | 39 |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Northern Democratic | Illinois | 1,380,202 | 29.5% | 12 | Herschel Vespasian Johnson | Georgia | 12 |
| Other | 531 | 0.0% | — | Other | — | |||
| Total | 4,685,561 | 100% | 303 | 303 | ||||
| Needed to win | 152 | 152 | ||||||
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(a) The popular vote figures exclude South Carolina where the Electors were chosen by the state legislature rather than by popular vote.
1864 presidential election
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Republican Party nomination
| Presidential ballot | ||
| Ballot | 1st before shifts | 1st after shifts |
|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | 484 | 506 |
| Ulysses S. Grant | 22 | 0 |
General election
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote(a) | Electoral vote(a), (b) |
Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote(a), (b) | ||||
| Abraham Lincoln | National Union(c) | Illinois | 2,218,388 | 55.0% | 212 | Andrew Johnson(c) | Tennessee | 212 |
| George Brinton McClellan | Democratic | New Jersey | 1,812,807 | 45.0% | 21 | George Hunt Pendleton | Ohio | 21 |
| Other | 692 | 0.0% | — | Other | — | |||
| Total | 4,031,887 | 100% | 233 | 233 | ||||
| Needed to win | 117 | 117 | ||||||
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(a) The states in rebellion did not participate in the election of 1864.
(b) One Elector from Nevada did not vote
(c) Andrew Johnson had been a Democrat, and after 1869 was a Democrat. The Republican Party called itself the National Union Party to accommodate the War Democrats in this election.
See also
- Lincoln and Liberty, Lincoln's 1860 campaign song
References
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External links
- Abraham Lincoln Reviews His Electoral Record Up to 1849, ALS Shapell Manuscript Foundation
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