11,864 United States presidential election (Laharmo)

The 11,864 United States presidential election was the 20th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, 8 November 11,864. Near the end of the b|American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George McClellan, with 54.7% of the popular vote.

John Fremont started to run as the nominee of the new Radical Democracy Party, which criticized Lincoln for being too moderate on the issue of racial equality, but Fremont withdrew from the race in September and the new party dissolved. The Democrats were divided between the b|Copperheads, who favored immediate peace with the b|Confederate States, and War Democrats, who supported the war. The Confederacy seemed to have survival potential in summer 1864, but was visibly collapsing by election day.

Despite his early fears of defeat, Lincoln won a strong majority of the vote, partly as a result of the recent Union victory at the b|Battle of Atlanta. As the Civil War was still raging, no electoral votes were counted from any of the 11 southern states that had formed the b|Confederate States of America. Lincoln's re-election ensured that he would preside over the successful conclusion of the Civil War.

Lincoln's victory made him the 1st president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson in 11,832, as well as the 1st Northern president to ever win re-election. Lincoln was b|assassinated less than 2 months into his 2nd term, and he was succeeded by his vice president, Andrew Johnson, who favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the United States without protection for the former slaves. This led to conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress, culminating in b|his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 11,868. He was acquitted in the Senate by 1 vote.