Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln

Illinois House of Representatives
  • 1832 - Loss (8th of 13; top 4 elected)
  • 1834 - Win (2nd of 13; top 4 elected)
  • 1836 - Win (1st of 17; top 7 elected)
  • 1838 - Win (1st of 16; top 7 elected)
  • 1840 - Win (5th of 10; top 5 elected)

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United States House of Representatives
See also: Illinois's 7th congressional district

1844 - Lost Whig Party nomination to Edward Dickinson Baker

1846 elections
Illinois's 7th congressional district general election, 1846[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Abraham Lincoln 6,340 55.53
Democratic Peter Cartwright 4,829 42.29
Liberty Elihu Walcott 247 2.18
Majority
Whig hold

Illinois House of Representatives

1854 - Wins seat in Illinois House of Representatives, declines seat to focus on future candidacy for United States Senate.[5] The election was held in November 1854, for a term starting in March 1855.

1855 US Senate election

The election was held on February 8, 1855,[6][7][8] 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 45 100 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 0 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.[6][7]

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

Vice presidential nomination for the Republican Party

1858 US Senate election
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

Republican Party nomination
Presidential Ballot
NomineeHome State1st2nd3rd3rd "corrected"
William H. SewardNew York173.5184.5180111.5
Abraham LincolnIllinois102181231.5349
Simon CameronPennsylvania50.5200
Salmon P. ChaseOhio4942.524.52
Edward BatesMissouri4835220
William L. DaytonNew Jersey141011
John McLeanOhio12850.5
Jacob CollamerVermont100--
Benjamin F. WadeOhio30--
John M. ReadPennsylvania10--
Charles SumnerMassachusetts10--
John C. FremontCalifornia10--
Cassius M. ClayKentucky-211

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.[9]

General election
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

Republican Party nomination
Presidential Ballot
Ballot1st Before Shifts1st After Shifts
Abraham Lincoln484506
Ulysses S. Grant220

General election
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

References
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  2. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/alajournals/0524890.0036.001/3
  3. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/alajournals/0524890.0037.001/3
  4. "Lincoln and His World". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. "History Cooperative - A short history of nearly everything!". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  6. Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Simon & Schuster. pp. 170–173. ISBN 0-7432-7075-4.
  7. "Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 1855. Springfield, IL: Lanphier & Walker, Printers. 1855.
  9. "Proceedings of the Republican national convention held at Chicago, May 16, 17 and 18, 1860". Internet Archive. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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