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1864 United States presidential election

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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.