1864 United States presidential election in New York

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1864 United States presidential election in New York
November 8, 1864
Turnout89.3%[1] Decrease 6.2 pp
 
Nominee Abraham Lincoln George B. McClellan
Party National Union Democratic
Home state Illinois New Jersey
Running mate Andrew Johnson George H. Pendleton
Electoral vote 33 0
Popular vote 368,735 361,986
Percentage 50.46% 49.54%
County results
President before election

Abraham Lincoln
Republican

Elected President

Abraham Lincoln
National Union

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.[2]

Results

1864 United States presidential election in New York[3][4][5][a]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
National Union Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Andrew Johnson of Tennessee 368,735 50.46% 33 100.00%
Democratic George B. McClellan of New Jersey George H. Pendleton of Ohio 361,986 49.54% 0 0.00%
Total 730,721 100.00% 33 100.00%

Results by county

County[3][4][5] Abraham Lincoln
National Union 		George B. McClellan[b]
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Albany 10,206 44.10% 12,935 55.90% -2,729 -11.79% 23,141
Allegany 6,240 70.90% 2,561 29.10% 3,679 41.80% 8,801
Broome 5,003 61.44% 3,140 38.56% 1,863 22.88% 8,143
Cattaraugus 5,505 60.63% 3,575 39.37% 1,930 21.26% 9,080
Cayuga 7,534 63.09% 4,407 36.91% 3,127 26.19% 11,941
Chautauqua 8,700 68.55% 3,991 31.45% 4,709 37.11% 12,691
Chemung 3,292 51.43% 3,109 48.57% 183 2.86% 6,401
Chenango 5,552 57.92% 4,034 42.08% 1,518 15.84% 9,586
Clinton 3,471 49.47% 3,546 50.53% -75 -1.07% 7,017
Columbia 4,876 48.20% 5,240 51.80% -364 -3.60% 10,116
Cortland 3,983 65.88% 2,063 34.12% 1,920 31.76% 6,046
Delaware 5,297 55.49% 4,249 44.51% 1,048 10.98% 9,546
Dutchess 7,2.01 52.02% 6,643 47.98% 558 4.03% 13,844
Erie 13,061 49.42% 13,368 50.58% -307 -1.16% 26,429
Essex 3,224 59.81% 2,166 40.19% 1,058 19.63% 5,390
Franklin 2,839 60.71% 1,837 39.29% 1,002 21.43% 4,676
Fulton[c] 2,972 50.73% 2,887 49.27% 85 1.45% 5,859
Genesee 4,030 59.25% 2,772 40.75% 1,258 18.49% 6,802
Greene 3,087 44.20% 3,897 55.80% -810 -11.60% 6,984
Herkimer 5,087 54.73% 4,208 45.27% 879 9.46% 9,295
Jefferson 8,592 59.53% 5,842 40.47% 2,750 19.05% 14,434
Kings 20,838 44.75% 25,727 55.25% -4,889 -10.50% 46,565
Lewis 3,078 51.39% 2,911 48.61% 167 2.79% 5,989
Livingston 4,580 56.31% 3,553 43.69% 1,027 12.63% 8,133
Madison 6,182 62.26% 3,748 37.74% 2,434 24.51% 9,930
Monroe 10,203 52.84% 9,107 47.16% 1,096 5.68% 19,310
Montgomery 3,519 47.39% 3,907 52.61% -388 -5.22% 7,426
New York 36,681 33.23% 73,707 66.77% -37,026 -33.54% 110,388
Niagara 4,839 53.04% 4,285 46.96% 554 6.07% 9,124
Oneida 12,048 52.47% 10,914 47.53% 1,134 4.94% 22,962
Onondaga 10,996 55.79% 8,714 44.21% 2,282 11.58% 19,710
Ontario 5,409 57.56% 3,988 42.44% 1,421 15.12% 9,397
Orange 6,784 50.55% 6,637 49.45% 147 1.10% 13,421
Orleans 3,755 60.44% 2,458 39.56% 1,297 20.88% 6,213
Oswego 8,793 58.50% 6,238 41.50% 2,555 17.00% 15,031
Otsego 6,151 50.43% 6,046 49.57% 105 0.86% 12,197
Putnam 1,443 47.14% 1,618 52.86% -175 -5.72% 3,061
Queens 4,284 44.24% 5,400 55.76% -1,116 -11.52% 9,684
Rensselaer 9,159 49.41% 9,376 50.59% -217 -1.17% 18,535
Richmond 1,564 35.23% 2,875 64.77% -1,311 -29.53% 4,439
Rockland 1,445 38.72% 2,287 61.28% -842 -22.56% 3,732
Saratoga 5,909 55.62% 4,715 44.38% 1,194 11.24% 10,624
Schenectady 2,263 49.50% 2,309 50.50% -46 -1.01% 4,572
Schoharie 2,870 37.41% 4,801 62.59% -1,931 -25.17% 7,671
Schuyler 2,576 57.64% 1,893 42.36% 683 15.28% 4,469
Seneca 2,680 45.06% 3,267 54.94% -587 -9.87% 5,947
St. Lawrence 10,864 72.85% 4,048 27.15% 6,816 45.71% 14,912
Steuben 8,099 58.22% 5,813 41.78% 2,286 16.43% 13,912
Suffolk 4,305 51.66% 4,028 48.34% 277 3.32% 8,333
Sullivan 2,960 45.48% 3,548 54.52% -588 -9.04% 6,508
Tioga 3,780 55.60% 3,018 44.40% 762 11.21% 6,798
Tompkins 4,518 60.14% 2,995 39.86% 1,523 20.27% 7,513
Ulster 6,900 47.05% 7,766 52.95% -866 -5.90% 14,666
Warren 2,399 52.52% 2,169 47.48% 230 5.04% 4,568
Washington 6,221 63.07% 3,642 36.93% 2,579 26.15% 9,863
Wayne 6,122 58.23% 4,392 41.77% 1,730 16.45% 10,514
Westchester 7,607 44.85% 9,354 55.15% -1,747 -10.30% 16,961
Wyoming 4,123 61.61% 2,569 38.39% 1,554 23.22% 6,692
Yates 3,036 64.20% 1,693 35.80% 1,343 28.40% 4,729
Totals 368,735 50.46% 361,986 49.54% 6,749 0.92% 730,721

New York City results

Results by ward[6][7]
Ward Lincoln
Union		 McClellan
Democratic		 Total
Votes % Votes % Votes
1 213 8.97% 2,162 91.03% 2,375
2 186 35.50% 338 64.50% 524
3 227 31.22% 500 68.78% 727
4 434 15.43% 2,379 84.57% 2,813
5 1,032 33.62% 2,038 66.38% 3,070
6 329 8.69% 3,457 91.31% 3,786
7 1,230 23.12% 4,090 76.88% 5,320
8 1,619 33.58% 3,202 66.42% 4,821
9 3,488 47.57% 3,844 52.43% 7,332
10 1,690 41.86% 2,347 58.14% 4,037
11 1,928 25.78% 5,550 74.22% 7,478
12 1,365 35.34% 2,498 64.66% 3,863
13 1,106 28.56% 2,767 71.44% 3,873
14 859 16.88% 4,229 83.12% 5,088
15 2,244 53.25% 1,970 46.75% 4,214
16 2,746 44.12% 3,478 55.88% 6,224
17 3,452 32.93% 7,031 67.07% 10,483
18 2,678 37.71% 4,424 62.29% 7,102
19 1,941 35.19% 3,574 64.81% 5,515
20 2,874 34.10% 5,553 65.90% 8,427
21 2,767 39.85% 4,177 60.15% 6,944
22 2,366 36.44% 4,126 63.56% 6,492
Totals 36,737 33.25% 73,734 66.75% 110,471

Counties that flipped from Democratic to National Union

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket.
  2. ^ The figures below are the votes for David C. Judson, one of two Democratic electors who received 361,986 votes. Judson's county by county figures add up correctly to the stated total. Some sources, namely the 1865 Tribune Almanac, cite the county results for Washington Hunt, but those county figures do not add up correctly.
  3. ^ Includes Hamilton County

References

  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1864 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Official Canvass - Electoral". The Statesman. Yonkers. December 29, 1864. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Official Canvass - Electoral". Rockland County Journal. Nyack. January 27, 1865. p. 2. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  5. ^ a b The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1865. New York: The Tribune Association. p. 48. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  6. ^ "THE VICTORY - LINCOLN RE-ELECTED". New-York Tribune. November 9, 1864.
  7. ^ "THE CITY". New-York Tribune. November 8, 1865.
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