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4. Agreed

Reply to Simeon Salus (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 10, 2024, 07:52 PM

Jul 2024

But I must also point out, that Lincoln seems to have always been more popular with "the people" than the political elites. I seem to remember reading that even after Gettysburg/Vicksburg in 1863 that only one Republican Congressman came out and endorsed him for re-election. All the others wouldn't go on the record. And no GOP Senator spoke in favor of Lincoln.

They always seemed to be looking for an excuse to jettison him, either because he was too radical, or he wasn't radical enough.

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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