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Marion County, presidential election of 1864

Marion County

53.09%George B. McClellan (D), the most votes3,240Votes counted for president

Every election in Marion County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1864

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What this is

Marion County counted 3,240 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.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George B. McClellanDemocratic1,72053.09%
Abraham LincolnNational Union1,52046.91%

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
Marion County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was D+6.2 against Ohio's R+12.7: 18.9 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 70th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1860
From 1860 to 1864 the county's lean moved 4.8 points toward the Democrats, from D+1.4 to D+6.2.
Matched
Marion 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.

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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

  1. 1864 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1864-11-08 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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