The Election of 1864

The presidential election in 1864 was one of the most important elections in American history. There was no precedent for voting in a split country, occurring in a bloody civil war in the Federation, there seemed to be a good reason to postpone it. Among the elections of 1864, a powerful and systematic process with relatively little corruption and minor malice is a good example and defense of the democratic process itself. In addition, this is an election in which voters vote to determine the basic problems of war, government and American society.

The presidential election for the 20th 4th year held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864, the presidential election in 1864. During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln easily defeated the Democratic candidate and former Prime Minister George B. McClellan won 55%, winning 221-21 votes. In the voting election, the Republican Party and several Democrats established the National Association Party, especially to attract the War Democratic Party.

President Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election as a Republican, but he went on to presidential election in 1864 with the flag of the National League to win the support of war Democrats. Lincoln was easily nominated at the party convention held in Baltimore in June but the party withdrew Hannibal Hamlin voting from the vote and supporting Andrew Johnson's war Democrat as military governor of Tennessee province . . After winning the presidential election of 1850, Johnson took office as vice president on March 4, 1865.

By the fall of 1864, military and social activities took place in connection with the 1864 presidential election. When the war raged, voters changed in the presidential election. Three new states (West Virginia, Nevada, and Kansas) have been added since 1860, but 11 federal states have not participated. Lincoln and his vice presidential candidate Andrew Johnson (Tennessee) participated in the National League Party Competition. The main competition came from his former commander George B. McClellan. McClellan himself was a "war Democrat", but the official platform of the Democratic Party of 1864 immediately ended the civil war over the negotiations. McClellan's vice presidential candidate is Ohio's famous Peace Democrat George Pendleton. "