National Union Party | |
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Leaders | Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson |
Founded | May 21, 1864 |
Dissolved | November 3, 1868 |
Merger of | Republican Party Unionist Party Unconditional Union Party War Democrats Radical Democracy Party (after September 1864) |
Merged into | Republican Party Democratic Party |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
Ideology | American nationalism Unionism Big tent Abolitionism Reconstructionism |
Colors | Red White Blue (United States national colors) |
The National Union Party was the name used by the Republican Party and elements of other parties for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election during the Civil War. Most state Republican parties did not change their name.[1] The name was used to attract War Democrats, border state voters, and Unconditional Unionist, and Unionist Party members who might otherwise have not voted for Republicans. The National Union Party nominated incumbent Republican President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for Vice President. They won the Electoral College 212–21.
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