With 79.19% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory with in the state would be his strongest victory in the country in terms of percentage in the popular vote, and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas history.[2]
543 votes were cast for an independent candidate named E. Cheeseborough along with 112 write-in votes were cast. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas[3] states that Ellsworth Cheeseborough was nominated for Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket on September 8, 1864, but died before the election. It also appears that the write-in votes were cast for another Republican candidate for Presidential Elector Nelson McCracken, who also died before the election.[4] All of the Cheeseborough votes came from the Soldier's vote.[5]
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1864 United States presidential election in Kansas[1]
1864, united, states, presidential, election, kansas, main, article, 1864, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1864, part, 1864, united, states, presidential, election, kansas, voters, chose, three, representatives, electors, elector. Main article 1864 United States presidential election The 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8 1864 as part of the 1864 United States presidential election Kansas voters chose three representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1 1864 United States presidential election in KansasNovember 8 1864 1868 Nominee Abraham Lincoln George B McClellan Party National Union Democratic Home state Illinois New Jersey Running mate Andrew Johnson George H Pendleton Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 17 089 3 836 Percentage 79 19 17 78 County Results Lincoln 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 McClellan 50 60 President before election Abraham Lincoln Republican Elected President Abraham Lincoln National Union This was the first presidential election Kansas was involved in as it had been admitted as the 34th state on January 29 1861 The state was won by the National Union candidate incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and his running mate 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 1 Lincoln won the state by a landslide margin of 61 41 With 79 19 of the popular vote Lincoln s victory with in the state would be his strongest victory in the country in terms of percentage in the popular vote and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas history 2 543 votes were cast for an independent candidate named E Cheeseborough along with 112 write in votes were cast William G Cutler s History of the State of Kansas 3 states that Ellsworth Cheeseborough was nominated for Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket on September 8 1864 but died before the election It also appears that the write in votes were cast for another Republican candidate for Presidential Elector Nelson McCracken who also died before the election 4 All of the Cheeseborough votes came from the Soldier s vote 5 Results edit1864 United States presidential election in Kansas 1 Party Candidate Votes National Union Abraham Lincoln incumbent 17 089 79 19 Democratic George B McClellan 3 836 17 78 Independent E Cheeseborough 543 2 52 Write ins Write ins 112 0 52 Total votes 21 580 100 See also editUnited States presidential elections in KansasReferences edit a b c 1864 Presidential Election Results Kansas 1864 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 Legislative and Political Annals Part 2 William G Cutler s History of the State of Kansas Archived from the original on May 10 2003 Our Campaigns Kansas US President 1864 Burnham Walter 1955 Presidential Ballots Baltimore Johns Hopkins Press nbsp nbsp This Kansas elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas amp oldid 1211501100, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
