1864
Pennsylvania in 1864
The 1864 contest saw Pennsylvania line up behind Lincoln, delivering 26 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Pennsylvania ended up on the winning side — Abraham Lincoln captured the White House that year.
It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Pennsylvania backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1860. The region divided — Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and New York joined Pennsylvania for the Republican ticket, while Delaware and New Jersey did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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.
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