A county result
Licking County, presidential election of 1864
Licking County
53.78%George B. McClellan (D), the most votes7,165Votes counted for president
What this is
Licking County counted 7,165 votes for president across 2 candidates in 1864. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| George B. McClellan | Democratic | 3,853 | 53.78% |
| Abraham Lincoln | National Union | 3,312 | 46.22% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Abraham Lincoln (National Union) with 56.37%, a 12.7-point margin over George B. McClellan. The country elected Abraham Lincoln.
- Against the state
- Licking County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was D+7.6 against Ohio's R+12.7: 20.3 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 73rd of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1860
- From 1860 to 1864 the county's lean moved 12.2 points toward the Democrats, from R+4.7 to D+7.6.
- Matched
- Licking County parted from Ohio and did not vote for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1864-11-08 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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