Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Greeley ba da farko ya goyi bayan Lincoln don gabatarwa a 1864, ya jefa game da wasu 'yan takara. A watan Fabrairun, ya rubuta a cikin "Tribune" cewa Lincoln ba za a iya zabar shi zuwa karo na biyu ba. Duk da haka, babu dan takarar da ya kalubalanci Lincoln, kuma an zabi Lincoln a watan Yuni, wanda "Tribune" ya yaba da dan kadan. A watan Agusta, yana tsoron nasarar Democrat da karɓar Confederacy, Greeley ya shiga cikin makirci don samun sabon taron don zaɓar wani ɗan takara, tare da Lincoln ya janye. Ƙullin bai yi nasara ba. Da zarar an kama Atlanta
da sojojin Union a ranar 3 ga Satumba, Greeley ya zama mai goyon bayan Lincoln. Greeley ya yi farin ciki da sake zaben Lincoln da kuma ci gaba da cin nasarar Union.