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Battlefield success was key in swinging the 1864 US Presidential election in Abraham Lincoln's favour
With the benefit of hindsight we know this but contemporaries were not so privileged. Northerners were war weary because there was little to show for lengthening casualty lists and no end to the ...
Richmond28d
A historian's discovery: Virginia's first Black votes may have been cast in Henrico in 1864
The race between Lincoln and George B. McClellan, former commanding general ... The commemoration at Fort Harrison on Saturday was titled “Election Day 1864: Black Soldiers Vote on the Front ...
Sun Journal29d
Both hope and despair were common on Election Nights in Lewiston’s past
Look, for instance, at the Nov. 9, 1864, issue of The Daily Evening ... Those favoring the Democratic contender, Gen. George McClellan, “withdrew their diminished heads as the returns came ...
The Telegraph24d
Herb Brothers' Alton store offered diverse goods, cash only
Bush. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Also on this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won reelection as he defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan. In 1889 ...
The New York Times21d
Interesting Incident of Election Day.; A CENTENNARIAN AT THE POLLS IN STURBRIDGE. MASS.
The old gentleman was then presented with two sets of votes, one for ABRAHAM LINCOLN and one for GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, and requested before all present to take his choice, when he reached out his ...
The New York Times27d
The End of the Canvass Its Issues Clearly Made Up.
Perhaps we have never had a Presidential election in which there was less ... with unanimous consent, GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN should be the Presidential nominee of the party; and it was so agreed.
The News Letter28d
Battlefield success was key in swinging the 1864 US Presidential election in Abraham Lincoln's favour
Such was the mood music ahead of the Presidential election of 1864 in which the principal antagonists were Abraham Lincoln, the Republican incumbent, and George Brinton McClellan, the Ulster-Scot ...
Yahoo26d
JD Vance, a Cincinnati resident and Middletown native, to be next vice president
J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance listen to Donald Trump speak at an election night event ... on the Democratic ticket with Gen. George B. McClellan in 1864. They lost to President Abraham ...
Yahoo26d
JD Vance, a Cincinnati resident and Middletown native, to be next vice president
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance listen to President-elect Donald Trump speak at an election night ... ticket with Gen. George B. McClellan in 1864. They lost to President ...
New Jersey Globe21d
Five N.J. veterans you should know about
He did not seek re-election to a second term in ... but lost to Civil War General George B. McClellan. McClellan had been the Democratic presidential nominee against Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The ...
Sentinel-Tribune24d
November 8, Florida election recount begins
Also on this date: In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won reelection as he defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan. In 1889 ... Kennedy won the U.S. presidential election over Vice ...