Abraham Lincoln Archives - New Jersey Globe

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Sussex County in 2026

August 25, 2026 5:48 amAugust 24, 2026 11:52 pm

Discussing the lay of the land in Sussex County requires this preamble: Abraham Lincoln lost Sussex twice. Sussex County, in many ways, is the opposite of what many people think of when they think of New Jersey: densely populated and...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Cape May County in 2026

July 21, 2026 2:35 pmJuly 21, 2026 4:31 pm

Cape May, New Jersey’s southernmost county, has been one of the Republican Party’s most reliable sources of votes for more than 160 years. Abraham Lincoln lost the county in 1860 but carried it in 1864, beginning a Republican presidential streak...

New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 16, 2026 12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:38 pm

Chris Christie’s disastrous 2024 presidential campaign — his one-state strategy failed miserably — keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Two New Jerseyans ran in 2020: U.S. Senator Cory Booker withdrew on January...

Lincoln lost New Jersey when he ran for re-election

February 16, 2026 12:09 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:19 pm

Abraham Lincoln lost New Jersey when he ran for re-election to a second term in 1864. New Jersey’s seven electoral votes went to George McClellan, a Civil War general and a resident of Orange, New Jersey. Electors for McClellan defeated...

How Abraham Lincoln won New Jersey

February 16, 2026 12:08 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:08 pm

Abraham Lincoln won four electoral votes in New Jersey in 1860, with three electors pledged to a fusion ticket that would back one of three Democrats who had the best shot at winning after Election Day. There was no public...

New Jersey Democrats had no horse in 1860

February 16, 2026 12:06 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:04 pm

Democrats never really had a candidate to run against Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but they still managed to get three electoral votes with four going to the Republicans. Northern Democrats were backing Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, Southern Democrats supported...

How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 16, 2026 12:04 amFebruary 15, 2026 8:03 pm

An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837 and then became an associate justice...