The 1864 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors of the Electoral College, two of whom voted for president and vice president.
Nevada voted in its first ever presidential election in 1864, having become the 36th state just eight days before the election (on October 31). The state 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. Lincoln won the state by a margin of 19.68%.
Due to one of the electors, Addison Peck, getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him, this election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a state or district in a presidential election: the others were in Mississippi in 1820, as one of the state's three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement, and the District of Columbia in 2000, as one of the district's three electors abstained.
Results + General Election ResultsNevada State Archives, Official Canvass of the Vote of Nevada Cast Nov. 8th 1864Party Pledged to Elector Votes National Union Abraham Lincoln A. W. Baldwin9,826 National Union Abraham Lincoln Stephen T. Gage9,822 National Union Abraham Lincoln Addison S. Peck9,822 Democratic Party George B. McClellan H. M. Jones6,594 Democratic Party George B. McClellan M. S. Bonnifield6,590 Democratic Party George B. McClellan J. F. Angell6,587Votes cast 16,420
Results by county Abraham LincolnNational Union George Brinton McClellanDemocratic Margin Total votes cast County # % # % # %Churchill12945.42%15554.58%-26-9.16%284Douglas-------Esmeralda-------Humboldt-------Lander-------Lyon-------Nye11561.17%7338.83%4222.34%188Ormsby-------Storey-------Washoe & Roop-------Soldiers-------Totals9,82659.84%6,59440.16%3,23219.68%16,420
See also United States presidential elections in Nevada
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