1864 United States presidential election in Missouri Turnout 8.83% of the total population 5.18 pp [ 1]
County Results
Lincoln
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90–100%
McClellan
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1864 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[ 2]
Missouri was won by the National Union candidate, incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and his running mate former Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson . They defeated the Democratic candidate, 4th Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan of New Jersey and his running mate Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio .[ 2] Lincoln won the state by a margin of 39.44%.
Despite the fact that slavery and state's rights were popular in Missouri, the state gave Lincoln his fourth best result for popular vote percentage points after neighboring Kansas , Vermont and Massachusetts .[ 3] The state was also his tenth highest for total votes. This is likely because the vast majority of confederates would not have participated in the election, as the Civil War was ongoing. The 104,346 votes cast in this election were a drop off of nearly 60,000 from 1860, and would rebound by roughly 50,000 in 1868, after the conclusion of the war.
1864 United States Presidential Election in Missouri (By County)[ 4]
County
Abraham Lincoln
National Union
George B. McClellan
Democratic
Total Votes Cast
#
%
#
%
Adair
797
83.11%
162
16.89%
959
Andrew
1,141
95.00%
60
5.00%
1,201
Atchison
639
98.92%
7
1.08%
646
Audrain
126
24.32%
392
75.68%
518
Barry
197
92.06%
17
7.94%
214
Barton
28
100.00%
0
0.00%
28
Bates
27
67.50%
13
32.50%
40
Benton
574
96.47%
21
3.53%
595
Bollinger
243
95.29%
12
4.71%
255
Boone
262
45.57%
313
54.43%
575
Buchanan
1,914
70.19%
813
29.81%
2,727
Caldwell
496
84.93%
88
15.07%
584
Callaway
274
22.11%
965
77.89%
1,239
Camden
468
99.79%
1
0.21%
469
Cape Girardeau
1,213
68.76%
551
31.24%
1,764
Carroll
285
71.61%
113
28.39%
398
Cass
76
41.99%
105
58.01%
181
Cedar
297
100.00%
0
0.00%
297
Chariton
363
99.45%
2
0.55%
365
Christian
557
99.11%
5
0.89%
562
Clark
997
88.62%
128
11.38%
1,125
Clay
216
21.75%
777
78.25%
993
Clinton
297
37.64%
492
62.36%
789
Cole
1,256
71.44%
502
28.56%
1,758
Cooper
939
71.14%
381
28.86%
1,320
Crawford
297
49.17%
307
50.83%
604
Dade
507
99.92%
4
0.08%
511
Dallas
243
95.29%
12
4.71%
255
Daviess
775
73.04%
286
26.96%
1,061
DeKalb
400
67.00%
197
33.00%
597
Dent
107
99.07%
1
0.93%
108
Douglas
187
98.94%
2
1.06%
189
Franklin
1,717
81.07%
401
18.93%
2,118
Gasconade
862
82.33%
185
17.67%
1,047
Gentry
525
65.14%
281
34.86%
806
Greene
2,223
86.53%
346
13.47%
2,569
Grundy
933
98.21%
17
1.79%
950
Harrison
1,252
85.52%
212
14.48%
1,464
Henry
465
66.71%
232
33.29%
697
Hickory
365
99.73%
1
0.27%
366
Holt
673
89.26%
81
10.74%
754
Howard
534
98.89%
6
1.11%
540
Iron
535
99.63%
2
0.37%
537
Jackson
602
51.94%
557
48.06%
1,159
Jasper
46
95.83%
2
4.17%
48
Jefferson
915
73.91%
323
26.09%
1,238
Johnson
832
78.79%
224
21.21%
1,056
Knox
669
65.78%
348
34.22%
1,017
Laclede
659
92.95%
50
7.05%
709
Lafayette
346
46.69%
395
53.31%
741
Lawrence
833
100.00%
0
0.00%
833
Lewis
774
59.22%
533
40.78%
1,307
Lincoln
542
60.29%
357
39.71%
899
Linn
907
87.04%
135
12.96%
1,042
Livingston
442
47.07%
497
52.93%
939
Macon
1,757
98.71%
23
1.29%
1,780
Madison
240
94.49%
14
5.51%
254
Maries
215
46.84%
244
53.16%
459
Marion
828
68.83%
375
31.17%
1,203
McDonald
26
100.00%
0
0.00%
26
Mercer
1,158
99.74%
3
0.26%
1,161
Miller
565
83.58%
111
16.42%
676
Mississippi
108
29.59%
257
70.41%
365
Moniteau
866
66.62%
434
33.38%
1,300
Monroe
158
20.93%
597
79.07%
755
Montgomery
530
70.20%
225
29.80%
755
Morgan
348
56.86%
264
34.14%
612
New Madrid
99
91.67%
9
8.33%
108
Newton
212
99.53%
1
0.47%
213
Nodaway
829
98.93%
9
1.07%
838
Osage
764
52.95%
679
47.05%
1,443
Ozark
38
100.00%
0
0.00%
38
Perry
509
81.44%
116
18.56%
625
Pettis
879
68.94%
396
31.06%
1,275
Phelps
985
78.93%
263
21.07%
1,248
Pike
1,143
55.14%
930
44.86%
2,073
Platte
496
35.99%
882
64.01%
1,378
Polk
870
99.43%
5
0.57%
875
Pulaski
105
78.95%
28
21.05%
133
Putnam
1,292
96.49%
47
3.51%
1,339
Ralls
292
60.08%
194
39.92%
486
Randolph
484
59.68%
327
40.32%
811
Ray
531
39.95%
798
60.05%
1,329
Reynolds
7
25.93%
20
74.07%
27
Saline
170
63.43%
98
36.57%
268
Schuyler
546
74.08%
191
25.92%
737
Scotland
612
53.45%
533
46.55%
1,145
Scott
155
45.45%
186
54.55%
341
Shelby
366
62.89%
216
37.11%
582
St. Charles
1,438
78.49%
394
21.51%
1,832
St. Clair
223
99.55%
1
0.45%
224
St. Francois
246
64.74%
134
35.26%
380
St. Louis
14,027
61.23%
8,882
38.77%
22,909
Ste. Genevieve
423
66.09%
217
33.91%
640
Stoddard
111
94.87%
6
5.13%
117
Stone
100
100.00%
0
0.00%
100
Sullivan
1,074
95.38%
52
4.62%
1,126
Taney
29
100.00%
0
0.00%
29
Texas
37
78.72%
10
21.28%
47
Warren
948
77.77%
271
22.23%
1,219
Washington
788
76.73%
239
23.27%
1,027
Wayne
343
64.47%
189
35.53%
532
Webster
533
73.52%
192
26.48%
725
Worth
346
74.09%
121
25.91%
467
Wright
65
97.01%
2
2.99%
67
Totals
72,750
69.72%
31,596
30.28%
104,346