USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Near the end of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.

Detailed explanation-2: -McClellan objected to the platform the Democratic Party nominated him to represent, he was obliged to promise supporters that if elected, he would end the war and concede to the Confederacy’s demand that slavery be protected if that was what was necessary to preserve the Union.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected president in the midst of the Civil War. Lincoln defeated Democratic candidate George McClellan, a former Union Army general.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lincoln’s main opponent in the North was Douglas, who won the popular vote in two states, Missouri and New Jersey. Stephen Douglas was the only candidate in the 1860 election to win electoral votes in both free and slave states. In the South, Bell won three states and Breckinridge swept the remaining 11.

Detailed explanation-5: -The campaign McClellan emphasized the fact that he previously led the Union military effort in the American Civil War and that he was and remains committed to “the restoration of the Union in all its integrity” due to his belief that the massive sacrifices that the Union endured during this war should not be in vain.