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{{short description|Election of 1864}}

{{For|related races|1864 United States elections}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1865 United States presidential election

| country = United States

| flag_year = 1864

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1864 United States presidential election

| previous_year = 1864

| next_election = 1869 United States presidential election

| next_year = 1869

| votes_for_election = 234 members (+17 invalidated){{efn|name=“Louisiana and Tennessee Electoral Votes”|Elections were held in the Union-occupied military districts in the states of Louisiana and Tennessee, but no electoral votes were counted from them.}} of the Electoral College

| needed_votes = 118 electoral

| turnout = 73.8%{{cite web |url= http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php |title= Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections |work=The American Presidency Project |publisher= UC Santa Barbara}} {{decrease}} 7.4 pp

| election_date = November 7, 1864

| image_size = x200px

| image1 = Lafayette S. Foster - Brady-Handy.jpg

| nominee1 = Lafayette Sabine Foster

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New Hampshire

| running_mate1 = Andrew Johnson

| electoral_vote1 = 212{{efn|name="Abstention of One Elector"}} (+17 invalidated){{efn|name=“Louisiana and Tennessee Electoral Votes”}}

| states_carried1 = 22 (+2 invalidated){{efn|name=“Louisiana and Tennessee Electoral Votes”}}

| popular_vote1 = 2,218,388

| percentage1 = 55.0%

| image2 = GeorgeMcClellan2 (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = George B. McClellan

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state2 = New Jersey

| running_mate2 = George H. Pendleton

| electoral_vote2 = 21

| states_carried2 = 3

| popular_vote2 = 1,812,807

| percentage2 = 45.0%

| map_size = 350px

| map = {{1864 United States presidential election imagemap}}

| map_caption = Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Lincoln/Johnson, blue denotes those won by McClellan/Pendleton, and brown denotes Confederate states. The states of Louisiana and Tennessee, which had recently been captured from Confederate control, held elections; however, no electoral votes were counted from them. One of Nevada's three electors abstained from casting a vote for President or Vice President. Numbers indicate electoral votes cast by each state.

| title = President

| before_election = Abraham Lincoln

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Abraham Lincoln

| after_party = National Union Party (United States)

}}