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.

On this day in 1864, Abraham Lincoln, the nation's 16th president, won his bid for a second term.

On This Day: Americans elect Lincoln to second term On Nov. 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president.

Abraham Lincoln, on this day in history, Nov. 21, 1864, supposedly sent sincerest condolences to Lydia Bixby, who allegedly lost five sons in the Civil War. The letter is not without controversy.

On Nov. 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president.

By Election Day – November 8, 1864 – Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had leveled Atlanta, the supply hub of the South, and his army was marching through Georgia, cutting the rebellious ...

On November 8, 1864, Dayton voted during a Civil War. The election was a referendum on the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and the fight against slavery. In Ohio, there was a strong anti-war ...

I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of ...

This "transparency" is similar to those carried by the Jr. Union Club of Springfield in support of Lincoln's re-election in November of 1864. A small lantern illuminated the campaign sign.

There have been some big presidential elections on Nov. 8 in the past. Abraham Lincoln won a second term in 1864 and that led to the end of the Civil War. During the Great Depression in 1932 ...

On Nov. 8, 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president.