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2. Technically, correct

Reply to Simeon Salus (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 10, 2024, 07:30 PM

Jul 2024

Some (not all) Radical Republicans had already split off and nominated Fremont by the time the rest of the Republicans got together. But The National Union Party was mostly made up of the rest of the GOP, plus some War Democrats (which is why Johnson ended up on the ticket).

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August 1864 Quotes [View all] ITAL Jul 2024 OP

Lincoln did not run for re-election as a Republican in November 1964 Simeon Salus Jul 2024 #1

Technically, correct ITAL Jul 2024 #2

1864 must have seemed a particularly bad year to be an incumbent President, with an increasingly unpopular war Simeon Salus Jul 2024 #3

Agreed ITAL Jul 2024 #4

Yeah, in August the war was bogged down Wednesdays Jul 2024 #5