1864 United States presidential election in New York

The 1864 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York voted for the National Union candidate, incumbent Republican president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson. They defeated the Democratic candidate George B. McClellan and his running mate George H. Pendleton. Lincoln won the state by a bare margin of 0.92%.

Although he lost the state, New York would prove to be McClellan's fourth strongest state after Kentucky, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Results

Results by county County Abraham LincolnNational Union George B. McClellanDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Albany10,20644.10%12,93555.90%-2,729-11.79%23,141Allegany6,24070.90%2,56129.10%3,67941.80%8,801Broome5,00361.44%3,14038.56%1,86322.88%8,143Cattaraugus5,50560.63%3,57539.37%1,93021.26%9,080Cayuga7,53463.09%4,40736.91%3,12726.19%11,941Chautauqua8,70068.55%3,99131.45%4,70937.11%12,691Chemung3,29251.43%3,10948.57%1832.86%6,401Chenango5,55257.92%4,03442.08%1,51815.84%9,586Clinton3,47149.47%3,54650.53%-75-1.07%7,017Columbia4,87648.20%5,24051.80%-364-3.60%10,116Cortland3,98365.88%2,06334.12%1,92031.76%6,046Delaware5,29755.49%4,24944.51%1,04810.98%9,546Dutchess7,20152.02%6,64347.98%5584.03%13,844Erie13,06149.42%13,36850.58%-307-1.16%26,429Essex3,22459.81%2,16640.19%1,05819.63%5,390Franklin2,83960.71%1,83739.29%1,00221.43%4,676Fulton2,97250.73%2,88749.27%851.45%5,859Genesee4,03059.25%2,77240.75%1,25818.49%6,802Greene3,08744.20%3,89755.80%-810-11.60%6,984Herkimer5,08754.73%4,20845.27%8799.46%9,295Jefferson8,59259.53%5,84240.47%2,75019.05%14,434Kings20,83844.75%25,72755.25%-4,889-10.50%46,565Lewis3,07851.39%2,91148.61%1672.79%5,989Livingston4,58056.31%3,55343.69%1,02712.63%8,133Madison6,18262.26%3,74837.74%2,43424.51%9,930Monroe10,20352.84%9,10747.16%1,0965.68%19,310Montgomery3,51947.39%3,90752.61%-388-5.22%7,426New York36,68133.23%73,70766.77%-37,026-33.54%110,388Niagara4,83953.04%4,28546.96%5546.07%9,124Oneida12,04852.47%10,91447.53%1,1344.94%22,962Onondaga10,99655.79%8,71444.21%2,28211.58%19,710Ontario5,40957.56%3,98842.44%1,42115.12%9,397Orange6,78450.55%6,63749.45%1471.10%13,421Orleans3,75560.44%2,45839.56%1,29720.88%6,213Oswego8,79358.50%6,23841.50%2,55517.00%15,031Otsego6,15150.43%6,04649.57%1050.86%12,197Putnam1,44347.14%1,61852.86%-175-5.72%3,061Queens4,28444.24%5,40055.76%-1,116-11.52%9,684Rensselaer9,15949.41%9,37650.59%-217-1.17%18,535Richmond1,56435.23%2,87564.77%-1,311-29.53%4,439Rockland1,44538.72%2,28761.28%-842-22.56%3,732Saratoga5,90955.62%4,71544.38%1,19411.24%10,624Schenectady2,26349.50%2,30950.50%-46-1.01%4,572Schoharie2,87037.41%4,80162.59%-1,931-25.17%7,671Schuyler2,57657.64%1,89342.36%68315.28%4,469Seneca2,68045.06%3,26754.94%-587-9.87%5,947St. Lawrence10,86472.85%4,04827.15%6,81645.71%14,912Steuben8,09958.22%5,81341.78%2,28616.43%13,912Suffolk4,30551.66%4,02848.34%2773.32%8,333Sullivan2,96045.48%3,54854.52%-588-9.04%6,508Tioga3,78055.60%3,01844.40%76211.21%6,798Tompkins4,51860.14%2,99539.86%1,52320.27%7,513Ulster6,90047.05%7,76652.95%-866-5.90%14,666Warren2,39952.52%2,16947.48%2305.04%4,568Washington6,22163.07%3,64236.93%2,57926.15%9,863Wayne6,12258.23%4,39241.77%1,73016.45%10,514Westchester7,60744.85%9,35455.15%-1,747-10.30%16,961Wyoming4,12361.61%2,56938.39%1,55423.22%6,692Yates3,03664.20%1,69335.80%1,34328.40%4,729Totals368,73550.46%361,98649.54%6,7490.92%730,721

New York City results

Results by ward Ward LincolnUnion McClellanDemocratic Total Votes % Votes % Votes 1 213 8.97% 2,162 91.03% 2,375 2 186 35.36% 340 64.64% 526 3 227 31.22% 500 68.78% 727 4 434 15.22% 2,417 84.78% 2,851 5 1,022 33.40% 2,038 66.60% 3,060 6 329 8.69% 3,457 91.31% 3,786 7 1,231 23.13% 4,090 76.87% 5,321 8 1,621 33.60% 3,203 66.40% 4,824 9 3,490 47.60% 3,842 52.40% 7,332 10 1,697 41.82% 2,361 58.18% 4,058 11 1,928 25.99% 5,490 74.01% 7,418 12 1,276 33.79% 2,500 66.21% 3,776 13 1,106 29.34% 2,663 70.66% 3,769 14 859 16.88% 4,229 83.12% 5,088 15 2,129 50.51% 2,086 49.49% 4,215 16 2,869 45.18% 3,481 54.82% 6,350 17 3,427 32.77% 7,031 67.23% 10,458 18 2,679 38.13% 4,347 61.87% 7,026 19 1,941 35.18% 3,576 64.82% 5,517 20 2,879 34.13% 5,557 65.87% 8,436 21 2,766 39.75% 4,192 60.25% 6,958 22 2,372 36.40% 4,145 63.60% 6,517 Totals 36,681 33.23% 73,707 66.77% 110,388

Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Union Orange

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Clinton Columbia Erie Montgomery Schenectady Seneca Ulster

See also United States presidential elections in New York

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