See main article: 1864 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1864 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 1868 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Next Year: | 1868 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1864 |
| Image1: | Abraham Lincoln November 1863.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Abraham Lincoln |
| Party1: | National Union Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Andrew Johnson |
| Electoral Vote1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 9,826 |
| Percentage1: | 59.84% |
| Nominee2: | George B. McClellan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New Jersey |
| Running Mate2: | George H. Pendleton |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,594 |
| Percentage2: | 40.16% |
| Map Size: | 225px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Abraham Lincoln |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Abraham Lincoln |
| After Party: | National Union Party (United States) |
The 1864 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three electors of the Electoral College, two of whom voted for president and vice president.[1]
Nevada voted in its first ever presidential election in 1864, having become the 36th state just eight days before the election (on October 31). The state 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.[1] Lincoln won the state by a margin of 19.68%.
Due to one of the electors, Addison Peck, getting snowbound and there being no law to replace him,[2] this election is one of three occasions where only two electoral votes were cast by a state or district in a presidential election: the others were in Mississippi in 1820, as one of the state's three electors died before the Electoral College convened and there was insufficient time to find a replacement, and the District of Columbia in 2000, as one of the district's three electors abstained.
| National Union | Abraham Lincoln | A. W. Baldwin | 9,826 | ||
| National Union | Abraham Lincoln | Stephen T. Gage | 9,822 | ||
| National Union | Abraham Lincoln | A. S. Peck | 9,822 | ||
| Democratic Party | George B. McClellan | H. M. Jones | 6,594 | ||
| Democratic Party | George B. McClellan | M. S. Bonnifield | 6,590 | ||
| Democratic Party | George B. McClellan | J. F. Angell | 6,587 | ||
| Votes cast | 16,420 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln National Union | George Brinton McClellan Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | County | % | % | % | |||||||||||
| Churchill | 129 | 45.42% | 155 | 54.58% | -26 | -9.16% | 284 | ||||||||
| Douglas | 499 | 74.37% | 172 | 25.63% | 327 | 48.73% | 671 | ||||||||
| Esmeralda | 613 | 59.46% | 418 | 40.54% | 195 | 18.91% | 1,031 | ||||||||
| Humboldt | 484 | 59.02% | 336 | 40.98% | 148 | 18.05% | 820 | ||||||||
| Lander | 1,320 | 51.91% | 1,223 | 48.09% | 97 | 3.81% | 2,543 | ||||||||
| Lyon | 964 | 75.55% | 312 | 24.45% | 652 | 51.10% | 1,276 | ||||||||
| Nye | 115 | 61.17% | 73 | 38.83% | 42 | 22.34% | 188 | ||||||||
| Ormsby | 708 | 55.62% | 565 | 44.38% | 143 | 11.23% | 1,273 | ||||||||
| Storey | 3,410 | 58.18% | 2,451 | 41.82% | 959 | 16.36% | 5,861 | ||||||||
| Washoe & Roop | 1,072 | 56.57% | 823 | 43.43% | 446 | 13.14% | 1,895 | ||||||||
| Soldiers | 512 | 88.58% | 66 | 11.42% | 446 | 77.16% | 578 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9,826 | 59.84% | 6,594 | 40.16% | 3,232 | 19.68% | 16,420 | ||||||||