The Final Result

2. Election of 1864 Election Strategies Public Opinion Candidates Consequences The Final Result

3. The Candidates Abraham Lincoln George McClellan George Pendleton (McClellan’s VP) Andrew Johnson (Lincoln’s VP)

4. A Bitter Rivalry Personal Animosities

5. Election Stratagems Democrats Republicans

6. The Stragies Republicans Democrats • Opposition to Lincoln = Disloyalty to Union • “Don’t swap horses in the middle of the stream.” • Allow Union soldiers to vote (Return to state or absentee ballots) • Vowed to prosecute war with more vigor • Rejected the section of platform that sought peace

7. The Public’s Opinion Abraham Lincoln George McClellan

8. Opinion of the Public Lincoln McClellan • Pace of war slow; Lincoln thought he had no chance of reelection • Union victories soon after nominations boosted opinion (ex. Fall of Atlanta) • War Democrat, praised as amazing trainer of new recruits • Many took his hesitancy in battle as a sign of cowardice

9. Final Results Results of Voting

10. The Election Lincoln McClellan • 2,219,924 Popular Votes • 212 Electoral Votes • 1,814,228 Popular Votes • 21 Electoral Votes Abraham Lincoln Reeleceted

11. Consequences Effects of the Election

12. Effects of the Election • Lincoln’s continued presidency leaves him open to his assassination on April 14, 1865 • Democrats are once again defeated, due to party divides • The Republican party will gain a majority in the legislature • Lincoln’s death boosts Andrew Johnson into office • Reconstruction handled poorly possibly due to Johnson