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Presidential Elections
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic)
John C. Breckinridge (Democratic)
John Bell (Constitutional
Union)
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Republican
national convention in Chicago, surrounded by
"Wigwams" |
May 16
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South
Carolina leaves the Union |
Decembr 4
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Popular Vote
39.8
29.5
18.1
12.6
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Electoral Vote
180
12
72
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April 23
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Democratic
national convention in Charleston, SC |
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June 18
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Democrats
re-assemble in Baltimore |
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Select
Committee on the Loyalty of Government Employees
started |
July 1
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Joint
Committee on the Conduct of the War in House,
investigations into General Stone |
Dec 10
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January 9
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Mississippi
leaves the union |
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Dec 4
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Breckinridge
expelled from Senate as a traitor |
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Emancipation
Proclamation issued by Lincoln |
Sept 22
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February
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Indiana's
Jesse Bright expelled from Senate |
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Vallandigham
peace campaign ends, tried in court for resisting
draft |
May
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1863
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Lincoln
offers extension of recognition to South with 10%
taking oath |
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Presidential Elections
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
George McClellan (Democratic)
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Union Party
first convention in Baltimore |
June 7
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Sherman
captures Atlanta, Lincoln gains popularity
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Sept 1
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Popular Vote
55.0
45.0
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Electoral Vote
212
21
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April 8
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abolishing of
slavery in House |
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July 5
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Wade-Davis
bill vetoed |
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>Lincoln
assassinated |
April 14
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1865
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Joint
Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction established
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Fourteenth
Amendment passes |
June 13
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1866
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ranks of
Republicans in congress expanded after war
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1866
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Johnson
vetoes Civil Rights Bill and extension of Freedmen's
Bureau |
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James M.
Ashley introduced legislation to impeach president
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January 7
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Tenure of
Office Act passed |
March
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Supplementary
Reconstruction Act |
March 23
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Johnson fires
Secretary of War Stanton, impeachment given
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August 7
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January 13
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First
reconstruction Act introduced by Stevens |
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January 22
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House voted
to have 40th Congress begin the day after 39th
Congress and authority to call special sessions
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March 2
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Reconstruction Act vetoed and overridden |
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July 19
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Third
Reconstruction Act |
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Presidential Elections
Ulysees S. Grant (Republican)
Horatio Seymour (Democratic)
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Third
Reconstruction Act |
March 11
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National
Union Republican" party convention at Chicago
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May 20-21
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Popular Vote
52.7
47.3
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Electoral Vote
286
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March 4
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Johnson
impeachment trial begins |
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May 16
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vote on
removal of Johnson fails |
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July 4
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Democrats
hold convention in new Tammany Hall |
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Sept 24
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Black Friday
caused by corrective action by Secretary of Treasury
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