Missouri in 1864

[RBH]

Results are from Presidential Ballots, 1836-1892 (Walter Dean Burnham)



Counties in gray had no returns, mainly due to the Civil War.

Lincoln won 100% in 7 counties. Barton (28-0), Cedar (297-0), Lawrence (833-0), McDonald (26-0), Ozark (38-0), Stone (100-0), and Taney (29-0)

Lincoln also won 469 to 1 in Camden County, 1161 to 3 in Mercer County.. topping 99% in 11 counties and topping 90% in 37 counties.

McClellan's best counties were Monroe (79/21, 597-158), Clay (78/22, 777-216), Callaway (78/22, 965-274), Audrain (76/24, 392-126), and Reynolds (74/26, 20-7)

Howard County going 534 to 6 for Lincoln came after the Battle of Glasgow in October 1864 where the Confederates took Glasgow, Missouri on their match west.

So yes, this wasn't just the biggest Presidential landslide in Missouri for nothing.

[RBH]

A better question might be, why did Kentucky go for McClellan in 1864?

Most of Kentucky was not directly effected by the Civil War, due to neutrality. They had two battles in all of 1864.

In Missouri, they had 8 battles in the month before the election (mainly the Sterling Price offensive that led to the Battle of Kansas City).

[minionofmidas]

I'd like an 1860 map for contrast.
Looks to me like McClellan basically carried the slave-owning areas.

[gorkay]

Missouri had a civil war within the Civil War, with pro- and anti-union factions fighting constant guerrilla battles against each other for as long as the war lasted. The early chapters of David McCullough's biography of Harry Truman give some excellent background on this.