After George McClellan failed to gain the Democratic nomination, he runs as an Independent candidate with former 1860 Constitutional Union Party Vice Presidential nominee Edward Everett as his running mate, carry third place with ten electoral votes from the states of Delaware and New Jersey.
He runs. An Independent candidate with former 1860 Constitutional Union Party Vice Presidential nominee Edward Everett as his running mate, carry third place with ten electoral votes from the states of Delaware and New Jersey. George McClellan failed to gain the Democratic nomination.