The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party and others for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election that was held during the Civil War. For the most part, state Republican parties did not change their name. The name was used to attract War Democrats and border states, Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party. The party nominated incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln and for Vice President Democrat Andrew Johnson, who were elected in an electoral landslide.
National Union Party | |
|---|---|
 Campaign banner for the 1864 National Union ticket | |
| Leaders | Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson |
| Founded | 1861[1] |
| Dissolved | 1868 |
| Merger of | Republican Party War Democrats Unconditional Union Party |
| Merged into | Republican Party Democratic Party |
| Ideology | Unionism Abolitionism |
| Colors | Red White Blue (United States national colors) |
References
change- ↑ Waugh, John C. (1997). Reelecting Lincoln. New York: Crown Publishers. p. 21.
Further reading
change- Donald, David (1995). Lincoln, pp. 516–544 online
- Johnson, David (2012). Decided on the Battlefield: Grant, Sherman, Lincoln and the Election of 1864.
- Nevins, Allan (1971). The War for the Union: The Organized War to Victory, 1864–1865. pp 97–143.
- Nicolay, John G. and John Hay (1890). Abraham Lincoln: A History. vol 9. ch. 3, 15 and 16.
- McSeveney, Samuel T. (1986). "Re-Electing Lincoln: The Union Party Campaign and the Military Vote in Connecticut". Civil War History. 32(2). pp. 139–158.
- Waugh, John C. (2001). Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency. online
- Wilson, Charles R. (1936) "New Light on the Lincoln-Blair-Fremont 'Bargain' of 1864" American Historical Review 42#1 pp. 71–78. online
- Zornow, William Frank (1954). Lincoln and the Party Divided. online
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