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 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 ...

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.

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

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.

This was the United States of 1860, as the conflict over slavery threatened to split the nation in two. The election of Abraham Lincoln, the first antislavery president, was met with Southern ...

When President Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election in 1864, Republicans throughout the nation printed ballots with pro-war and pro-Union symbols, slogans and song lyrics.

Gen. Hooker on the Election-His War Democracy. Share full article. Nov. 16, 1864. ... See the article in its original context from November 16, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

Nov. 15, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 15, 1864, Page 2 Buy Reprints. ... His first election could not surprise any one, ...

An envelope used during the 1864 election to mail a sheet tallying the votes of Civil War soldiers from Ohio's Highland County at a Union Army field hospital in Georgia.

An envelope used during the 1864 election to mail a sheet tallying the votes of Civil War soldiers from Ohio's Highland County at a Union Army field hospital in Georgia.

When President Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election in 1864, Republicans throughout the nation printed ballots with pro-war and pro-Union symbols, slogans and song lyrics.