United States House of Representatives elections, 1864
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1864
The U.S. House election, 1864 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1864 which coincided with the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln.
In the middle of the Civil War, the opposition Democratic Party was divided between peace and war factions and lacked a coherent message. Lincoln's Republican Party gained a decisive majority. The Republicans built an even stronger majority through their alliance with the Unionist Party of pro-war former Democrats.
Overall results
California
Note: This was the first election in which California elected representatives from congressional districts.
ee also
*39th United States Congress
*U.S. presidential election, 1864sequence
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