As we near Election Day, political cartoons are inescapable. Satirical cartoons continue a tradition of political printmaking that has been part of American political life since pre-Revolutionary ...

Idaho partisan politics in October 1864, in the midst of the long and bloody Civil War, were as lively as they have been in any election year since, and were certainly different. Idaho City’s ...

We're also being told that this election year is the most important in living memory. But a look back at the year 1864 reveals a nation more divided than it ever was before—or afterward.

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In 1864, 160 years ago next week, Syracuse, ... - The Wieting Opera House in Clinton Square in Syracuse was the sight of numerous important events leading up to the 1864 election, ...

He is not going to let the election results destroy the Union and perpetuate slavery. Lincoln’s term would not end until the inauguration of the new president March 4. He had work to do, and a ...

Authors and historians talked about the impact and significance of the 1864 presidential election. Candidates were Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan, Lincoln's former commander of the ...

Republican President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat challenger Union Gen. George McLellan in the bitterly contested presidential election on this day in history, Nov. 8, 1864.

Gen. Hooker on the Election-His War Democracy. Share full article. Nov. 16, 1864. ... See the article in its original context from November 16, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

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Then, Lincoln received 5,128 votes, or 47%, in a four-way election. Lincoln easily carried the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its critical 26 electoral votes, taking 51.75% of the popular vote.

Of course, Lincoln did win his bid for re-election in 1864, running on the ticket of the National Union Party, which attracted votes from both Republicans and pro-Union Democrats. General William T.