The election of 1864 as seen through the Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Collection ... As we near Election Day, political cartoons are inescapable. Satirical cartoons continue a tradition of ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The election of 1864 — taking place in the middle of a civil war — would be the most consequential presidential election in American history to that point — and perhaps to this day.

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.

In 1864, 160 years ago next week, Syracuse, and the nation, faced another "consequential" Presidential election.

Throughout the year of 1864, President Abraham Lincoln believed that he would lose the election in November. He admitted in August, “I am going to be beaten, and unless some great change takes ...

In U.S. politics, a contrived or spontaneous event influencing a presidential election has been termed an "October Surprise." Like the upcoming election only weeks away, the election of 1864 was ...

The Chagrin Falls Branch Library, 100 E. Orange St., presents "The Election of 1864" from 7-8 p.m. tonight.

Civil War 150th anniversary: Fighting in the streets of Springfield breaks out during the Lincoln vs. McClellan election of 1864. Published: ; Nov. 02, 2014, 10:00 a.m.

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.