Who won Connecticut in the 1864 presidential election?

Lincoln (Republican) carried Connecticut in 1864, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1864?

Connecticut cast 6 electoral votes in the 1864 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1864?

Yes. Connecticut backed Abraham Lincoln, who won the presidency that year.

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1864

Connecticut: Lincoln carries 6 EV.

Connecticut cast its 6 electoral votes for Lincoln (Republican). National winner: Abraham Lincoln (Republican) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1864 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Lincoln (Republican) in the 1864 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Abraham Lincoln captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1864. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Civil War — Lincoln, war, and Reconstruction begins.

In the national count, Abraham Lincoln took 212 of the 233 electoral votes, against George B. McClellan's 21. Abraham Lincoln led the national popular vote with 55.03% of the ballots cast.

The 1864 national map

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