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{{Short description|Election in Kansas}} |
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{{main|1864 United States presidential election}} |
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{{main|1864 United States presidential election}} |
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| election_name = 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas |
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| election_name = 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas |
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| country = Kansas |
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| country = Kansas |
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| flag_year = 1846 |
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| flag_year = 1863 |
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| type = presidential |
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| type = presidential |
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| next_election = 1868 United States presidential election in Kansas |
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| next_election = 1868 United States presidential election in Kansas |
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| next_year = 1868 |
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| next_year = 1868 |
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| election_date = November 8, 1864 |
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| election_date = November 8, 1864 |
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| image1 = Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg |
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| image1 = Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg |
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| nominee1 = ''']''' |
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| nominee1 = ''']''' |
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| party1 = National Union Party (United States) |
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| party1 = National Union Party (United States) |
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| electoral_vote1 = '''3''' |
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| electoral_vote1 = '''3''' |
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| popular_vote1 = '''17,089''' |
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| popular_vote1 = '''17,089''' |
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| percentage1 = '''79.19%''' |
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| percentage1 = '''81.67%''' |
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| image2 = GeorgeMcClellan2 (cropped).jpg |
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| party2 = Democratic Party (United States) |
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| party2 = Democratic Party (United States) |
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| electoral_vote2 = 0 |
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| popular_vote2 = 3,836 |
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| popular_vote2 = 3,836 |
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| percentage2 = 17.78% |
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| percentage2 = 18.33% |
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| title = President |
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| title = President |
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| before_party = Republican Party (United States) |
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| before_party = Republican Party (United States) |
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| after_party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| after_party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| map_image = Kansas Presidential Election Results 1864.svg |
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| map_image = Kansas Presidential Election Results 1864.svg |
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| map_caption = County Results |
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'''Lincoln''' |
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'''Lincoln''' |
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{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}} |
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{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}} |
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{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}} |
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{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}} |
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{{legend|#aa0000|80-90%}} |
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{{legend|#aa0000|80-90%}} |
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{{legend|#800000|90-100%}} |
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{{Elections in Kansas sidebar}} |
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The '''1864 United States presidential election in Kansas''' took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the ]. Kansas voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the ], who voted for ] and ].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=1864 Presidential Election Results Kansas|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1864&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0}}</ref> |
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The '''1864 United States presidential election in Kansas''' took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the ]. Kansas voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the ], who voted for ] and ]. |
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This was the first presidential election ] was involved in, as it had been admitted as the 34th state on ]. The state was won by the ] candidate incumbent ] ] ] of ] and his running mate ] and ] ]. They defeated the ] candidate 4th ] ] of ] and his running mate ] ] of ].<ref name="auto"/> Lincoln won the state by a landslide margin of 61.41%. |
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This was the first presidential election in which ] participated, following its admission as the 34th state on ]. The ] ticket of incumbent ] ] and ] ] defeated the ] ticket of former ] ] and ] ] and carried Kansas's three electoral votes. Lincoln and Johnson carried the state by a landslide margin of 63%. |
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With 79.19% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory within the state would be his strongest victory in the country in terms of percentage in the popular vote, and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1864&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1864 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref> |
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With more than 81% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory in the state was his strongest victory in the country in terms of his share of the popular vote, and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Leip |first1=Dave |title=1864 Presidential Election Statistics |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1864&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |website=Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |access-date=March 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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In addition to the votes cast for the regular electoral tickets pledged to Lincoln and McClellan, 655 votes were cast for Ellsworth Cheeseborough{{efn|Sometimes spelled Cheesebrough or Chesebrough.}} of ]. Some ]s, such as '']'', count these as votes for ] or ]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leip |first1=Dave |title=1864 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas |url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1864&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |website=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>{{efn|Leip counts 543 votes for Cheeseborough and 112 write-in votes; on inspection of the original returns published in the ''Annals of Kansas'' (p. 390), it appears these represent the soldier and civilian totals for Cheeseborough, which were tabulated separately.}} In fact, Cheeseborough was an elector nominated on the National Union ticket who died prior to the election.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andreas |first1=A. T. |title=History of the State of Kansas |date=1883 |location=Chicago |page=213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t09AQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Republican Union State Ticket |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1864-10-20/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=White Cloud Kansas Chief |date=October 20, 1864}}</ref> Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the ], whose names appeared on tickets printed and circulated by the parties alongside the nominees for president and vice president.<ref>{{cite book |title=General Laws of the State of Kansas |location = Lawrence |date = 1863 |pages=98–100 |chapter=Election for Electors, and Amending an Act |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-j9NAQAAMAAJ&q=%22election%20for%20electors,%20and%20amending%20an%20act%22 |author1 = Kansas }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Presidential Counts: A Complete Official Record |date=1877 |location=New York |page=441 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o2wFAAAAQAAJ |quote=One great objection to the present electoral system is that it absolutely circumscribes the power and the rights of the individual voter. He cannot now vote for the man of his choice for President, but must vote for electors.}}</ref> This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party, or if one or several electors were replaced close to the election.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=Donald J. |title=Popular Preferences in the Presidential Election of 1824 |journal=Journal of the Early Republic |date=Spring 2014 |volume=34 |issue=1 |page=57 |jstor=24486931 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24486931}}</ref> Following Cheeseborough's death, the National Union Party substituted Thomas Moonlight and W. F. Cloud as candidates for the Electoral College from Kansas. (Nelson McCracken, the second elector on the National Union ticket, had also died in the interim.)<ref>Andreas, 213.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Regular Union Republican Ticket |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016419/1864-11-05/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=Emporia News |date=November 5, 1864}}</ref> Nevertheless, Cheeseborough's name continued to appear on printed tickets as a National Union candidate for elector in the final days before the election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Presidential Electors |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84030186/1864-10-29/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=Smoky Hill and Republican Union |date=October 29, 1864}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=For Presidential Electors |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84027640/1864-10-29/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=Big Blue Union |date=October 29, 1864}}</ref> A small number of tickets featuring Cheeseborough were cast, and these were counted separately from votes for the substitute National Union ticket.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilder |first1=Daniel W. |title=The Annals of Kansas |date=1875 |location=Topeka |pages=389–90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGPJErBisxcC |quote=Abstract of the Soldier vote for Electors of President and Vice President E. Cheeseborough, 543.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Admire |first1=W. W. |title=Admire's Political and Legislative Handbook for Kansas |date=1891 |location=Topeka |page=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXJDAAAAIAAJ |quote=Abstract of the soldier vote for electors of president and vice president E. Cheeseborough, 543.}}</ref> |
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543 votes were cast for an independent candidate named E. Cheeseborough along with 112 write-in votes were cast. William G. Cutler's ''History of the State of Kansas'' <ref name="kancoll">{{cite web |title=Legislative and Political Annals (Part 2)|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/annals-p2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030510101834/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/sthist/annals-p2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-05-10|work=William G. Cutler's, History of the State of Kansas}}</ref> states that Ellsworth Cheeseborough was nominated for Presidential Elector on the Republican ticket on September 8, 1864, but died before the election. It also appears that the write-in votes were cast for another Republican candidate for Presidential Elector Nelson McCracken, who also died before the election.<ref name="ourcampaigns.com">{{cite web|title=Our Campaigns - Kansas US President, 1864 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=82446}}</ref> All of the Cheeseborough votes came from the Soldier's vote.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Burnham|first=Walter|title=Presidential Ballots|publisher=Johns Hopkins Press|year=1955|location=Baltimore}}</ref> |
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| title = 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas<ref name="auto"/> |
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| title = 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas<ref>{{cite book |title=Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. elections |date=1985 |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |page=336 |url=https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse/page/336/mode/2up}}</ref> |
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| party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| votes = 17,089 |
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| votes = 17,089 |
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| percentage = 79.19% |
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| percentage = 81.67 |
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| party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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| party = Democratic Party (United States) |
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| votes = 3,836 |
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| votes = 3,836 |
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| percentage = 17.78% |
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| percentage = 18.33 |
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| votes = 20,923 |
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| candidate = E. Cheeseborough |
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| votes = 543 |
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| percentage = 2.52% |
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===Results by elector=== |
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| title = 1864 United States presidential election in Kansas<ref>Wilder, 389–90; Admire, 224.</ref> |
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| candidate = Robert McBratney |
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| party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| votes = 17,029 |
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| candidate = W. F. McCloud |
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| party = National Union Party (United States) |
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| votes = 16,814 |
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| candidate = Thomas Moonlight |
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| candidate = Marcus J. Parrott |
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| votes = 112 |
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| candidate = Andrew G. Ege |
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| candidate = Thomas Bridgens |
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With more than 81% of the popular vote, Lincoln's victory in the state was his strongest victory in the country in terms of his share of the popular vote, and the strongest performance by any presidential candidate in Kansas.
In addition to the votes cast for the regular electoral tickets pledged to Lincoln and McClellan, 655 votes were cast for Ellsworth Cheeseborough of Atchison County. Some tertiary sources, such as Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, count these as votes for independent or write-in candidates. In fact, Cheeseborough was an elector nominated on the National Union ticket who died prior to the election. Nineteenth century election laws required voters to vote directly for members of the Electoral College, whose names appeared on tickets printed and circulated by the parties alongside the nominees for president and vice president. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party, or if one or several electors were replaced close to the election. Following Cheeseborough's death, the National Union Party substituted Thomas Moonlight and W. F. Cloud as candidates for the Electoral College from Kansas. (Nelson McCracken, the second elector on the National Union ticket, had also died in the interim.) Nevertheless, Cheeseborough's name continued to appear on printed tickets as a National Union candidate for elector in the final days before the election. A small number of tickets featuring Cheeseborough were cast, and these were counted separately from votes for the substitute National Union ticket.
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