1864 United States presidential election

The 1864 General United States Presidential Election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln and Military Governor Andrew Johnson won the election. They ran against Democrat George B. McClellan and George H. Pendleton. This election took place at the end of the American Civil War. It was the only election to take place without the southern states.

1864 United States Presidential Election Media

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  President Andrew Johnson

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  Lincoln and Johnson campaign poster

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  George B. McClellan

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  George H. Pendleton

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  "How the War Commenced and How Near It Is Ended" published by the National Union Executive Committee.

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  McClellan and Pendleton campaign poster

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  Frémont and Cochrane campaign poster

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  A National Union poster warns of a McClellan victory.

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  An anti-McClellan poster from Harper's Weekly, drawn by Thomas Nast, showing rioters assaulting children, slave-catchers chasing runaway slaves, and a woman being sold at a slave auction.