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Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln

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]

President Abraham Lincoln

Illinois House of Representatives

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Illinois Sangamon County House District General Election, 1832[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Edmund D. Taylor 1,127 13.55
Nonpartisan John T. Stuart 991 11.92
Nonpartisan Achilles Morris 945 11.37
Nonpartisan Peter Cartwright 815 9.80
Nonpartisan Archer G. Herndon 806 9.69
Democratic? William Carpenter 774 9.31
Nonpartisan John Dawson 717 8.62
Nonpartisan Abraham Lincoln 657 7.90
Nonpartisan Thomas M. Neale 571 6.87
Nonpartisan Richard Quinton 485 5.83
Nonpartisan Zachariah Peters 214 2.57
Nonpartisan Edward Robinson 169 2.03
Nonpartisan William Kirkpatrick 44 0.53
Total votes 8,315 100.0
Illinois Sangamon County House District General Election, 1834[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
White Party John Dawson 1,390 16.22
Whig Abraham Lincoln 1,376 16.06
Democratic William Carpenter 1,170 13.65
Whig John T. Stuart (incumbent) 1,164 13.58
Nonpartisan Richard Quinton 1,038 12.11
White Party Andrew McCormick 694 8.10
Nonpartisan William Alvey 613 7.15
White Party Thomas M. Neale 514 6.00
Nonpartisan Shadrick J. Campbell 192 2.24
Independent? James Shepherd 154 1.80
Whig? James Baker 130 1.52
Nonpartisan John Durley 92 1.07
Nonpartisan William Kendall 42 0.49
Total votes 8,569 100.0
Illinois Sangamon County House District General Election, 1836[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) 1,716 9.39
Whig William F. Elkin 1,694 9.27
Whig Ninian W. Edwards 1,659 9.08
Whig John Dawson (incumbent) 1,641 8.98
Harrison Party Daniel Stone 1,438 7.87
Nonpartisan Robert L. Wilson 1,353 7.40
Whig Andrew McCormick 1,306 7.14
Democratic John Calhoun 1,278 6.99
Nonpartisan Jacob M. Early 1,194 6.53
Nonpartisan Richard Quinlon 1,137 6.22
Nonpartisan Thomas Winn 972 5.32
Democratic? Aaron Vandiver 922 5.04
Nonpartisan Michael Mann 913 4.99
Democratic George Power 905 4.95
Anti-Junto Whig James Baker 101 0.55
Nonpartisan John L. Thompson 38 0.21
Nonpartisan Yancy 12 0.07
Total votes 18,279 100.0
Illinois Sangamon County House District General Election, 1838[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) 1,803 8.87
Whig Ninian W. Edwards (incumbent) 1,779 8.75
Whig Edward Dickinson Baker 1,745 8.58
Democratic John Calhoun 1,711 8.41
Whig William F. Elkin (incumbent) 1,688 8.30
Whig John Dawson (incumbent) 1,614 7.94
Whig Andrew McCormick (incumbent) 1,569 7.72
Nonpartisan Thomas J. Vance 1,537 7.56
Nonpartisan Moses K. Anderson 1,506 7.41
Democratic Harry Riggin 1,318 6.48
Nonpartisan Thomas Skinner 1,222 6.01
Anti-Junto Party Davis Robinson 1,167 5.74
Nonpartisan Francis Reegnier 1,069 5.26
Anti-Junto Whig Wharton Ransdell 228 1.12
Anti-Junto Whig William Hacknay 198 0.97
Anti-Junto Whig James Baker 182 0.89
Total votes 20,336 100.0
Illinois Sangamon County House District General Election, 1840[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig James M. Bradford 1,859 12.13
Whig James N. Brown 1,857 12.12
Whig John Darneille 1,852 12.08
Whig Josiah Francis 1,846 12.05
Whig Abraham Lincoln (incumbent) 1,844 12.03
Democratic John Calhoun (incumbent) 1,266 8.26
Democratic Jesse B. Thomas, Jr. 1,241 8.10
Democratic James W. Barrett 1,211 7.90
Democratic John Cooper 1,175 7.67
Democratic Moses K. Anderson 1,174 7.66
Total votes 15,325 100.0

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United States House of Representatives

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See also: Illinois's 7th congressional district

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

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Illinois's 7th congressional district general election, 1846[2][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Abraham Lincoln 6,340 55.53
Democratic Peter Cartwright 4,829 42.29
Liberty Elihu Walcott 249 2.18
Total votes 11,418 100.0
Whig hold

Illinois House of Representatives

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1854 - Wins seat in Illinois House of Representatives.[9] Declines seat in order to be eligible for his immediate candidacy for United States Senate.[10][11] The election was held in November 1854, for a term starting in January 1855.[12]

1855 US Senate election

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The election was held on February 8, 1855,[13][14][15] 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

  Candidate won that Round of voting
  Candidate won Senate seat

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.[13][14]

1856 presidential election

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See also: 1856 Republican National Convention and United States presidential election, 1856

Vice presidential nomination for the Republican Party

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1858 US Senate election

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Note: At this time, U.S. Senators were elected by the state legislatures, not by vote of the people
United States Senate election in Illinois, 1858
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Stephen A. Douglas (inc.) 54 54.00
Republican Abraham Lincoln 46 46.00
Majority 8 8.00
Democratic hold

1860 presidential election

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See also: United States presidential election, 1860

Republican Party nomination

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Presidential ballot
Nominee Home State 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd "corrected"
William H. Seward New York 173.5 184.5 180 111.5
Abraham Lincoln Illinois 102 181 231.5 349
Simon Cameron Pennsylvania 50.5 2 0 0
Salmon P. Chase Ohio 49 42.5 24.5 2
Edward Bates Missouri 48 35 22 0
William L. Dayton New Jersey 14 10 1 1
John McLean Ohio 12 8 5 0.5
Jacob Collamer Vermont 10 0 - -
Benjamin F. Wade Ohio 3 0 - -
John M. Read Pennsylvania 1 0 - -
Charles Sumner Massachusetts 1 0 - -
John C. Fremont California 1 0 - -
Cassius M. Clay 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.[16]

General election

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Electoral results
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

Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1860 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 27, 2005.
Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2005.

(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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See also: United States presidential election, 1864

Republican Party nomination

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Presidential ballot
Ballot 1st before shifts 1st after shifts
Abraham Lincoln 484 506
Ulysses S. Grant 22 0

General election

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Electoral results
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

Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. "1864 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 27, 2005.
Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved July 31, 2005. (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

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References

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  1. ^ "The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Theodore Calvin, Pease (1923). Illinois election returns, 1818-1848;. Collections of the Illinois state historical library, vol. XVIII. [Statistical series, vol. I]. Springfield, Illinois: The Trustees of the Illinois state historical library.
  3. ^ Bulletin. [Vol. 36, no. 1]. 2008.
  4. ^ Bulletin. [Vol. 37, no. 1]. 2008.
  5. ^ "Seventh Congressional District Election Return (1846)". Office of the Illinois Secretary of State.
  6. ^ "Congressional Nomination of 1843". Mr. Lincoln and Friends. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  7. ^ "Papers Of Abraham Lincoln". papersofabrahamlincoln.org. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  8. ^ Miller, Richard Lawrence (10 January 2014). Lincoln and His World. ISBN 9780786461929. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ^ "History Cooperative - A short history of nearly everything!". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Notice that Abraham Lincoln declines to serve in the General Assembly (1854)". Office of the Illinois Secretary of State.
  11. ^ Oates, Stephen (1977). With Malice Toward None: A Biography of Abraham Lincoln. pp. 118–120.
  12. ^ Article 3, Section 2 & 11 of the Constitution of Illinois (1848)
  13. ^ a b Goodwin, Doris Kearns (26 September 2006). Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Simon & Schuster. pp. 170–173. ISBN 0-7432-7075-4.
  14. ^ a b "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  15. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 1855. Springfield, IL: Lanphier & Walker, Printers. 1855.
  16. ^ "Proceedings of the Republican national convention held at Chicago, May 16, 17 and 18, 1860". Internet Archive. 1860. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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