Augustus Brandegee
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Augustus Brandegee was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
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The National Union Convention was held on August 14–16, 1866, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Augustus Brandegee
…Lincoln, and nominated Andrew Johnson for the Vice Presidency. Brandegee continued in Congress throughout the Reconstruction Era. In 1866 he attended the National Union Convention at Philadelphia. He did not stand for reelection to Congress in 1866, and his term expired in March 1867. In 1871, Brandegee was nominated for the…
Meeting of the National Union Convention at Philadelphia, August 14, 1866—Sketched by C. H. Wells (Harper's Weekly, September 1, 1866)
Thomas Nast's rendition of news reports about the convention