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Such was the mood music ahead of the Presidential election ... 22 states. In the Electoral College Lincoln secured 212 votes, McClellan only 21. Two Union victories in the summer of 1864 had ...
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win a presidential election in the United States, winning 39.8 ... Lincoln’s second victory in 1864 to Trump’s victory in November.