Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1868. In the first election of the Reconstruction Era, Republican nominee Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horatio Seymour of the Democrat
Ulysses S Grant by Brady c 1870 restored
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Andrew Johnson, the incumbent president in 1868, whose partial term expired on March 4, 1869
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1864, near the end of the American Civil War. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the D
1868 United States presidential election
…in 1865 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican. Johnson, a War Democrat from Tennessee, had served as Lincoln's running mate in 1864 on the National Union ticket, which was designed to attract Republicans and War Democrats. Upon accession to office, Johnson clashed with the Republican…
Abraham Lincoln 1863 Portrait
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President Abraham Lincoln
Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant from Illinois