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The 1864 Democratic National Convention was held at The Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [1] The Convention nominated Major General George B. McClellan from New Jersey for president, and Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio for vice president. McClellan, age 37 at the time of the convention, and Pendleton, age 39, are the ...
The most intense anti-war elements were the Copperheads. [9] The Democratic Party did well in the 1862 congressional elections, but in 1864 it nominated General George McClellan (a War Democrat) on a peace platform and lost badly because many War Democrats bolted to National Union candidate Abraham Lincoln.
The first North Carolina Constitution was created in 1776 after the American Declaration of Independence. Since the first state constitution, there have been two major revisions and many amendments. The current form was ratified in 1971 and has 14 articles. The three constitutions North Carolina has had are:
The 1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 5, 1864, and November 7, 1865, in the midst of the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's reelection. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives.
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1860–1861 met in Raleigh, North Carolina in regular session from November 19, 1860, to February 25, 1861. They met in extra sessions from May 1, 1861, to May 13, 1861, and from August 15, 1861, to September 23, 1861.
Only a fraction of the 100 copies of the Constitution were signed by then-Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson in 1787. The one found in North Carolina is one of them.
The North Carolina Democratic Party (NCDP) is the North Carolina affiliate of the Democratic Party.It is headquartered in the historic Goodwin House, located in Raleigh.. The party controls the governorship and four other statewide elected offices, as well as seven of the state's 14 U.S. House seats.
Extra sessions were held on January 19, 1863 – February 12, 1863; June 30, 1863 – July 7, 1863; November 23, 1863 – December 14, 1863; and May 17–30, 1864 . The assembly consisted of the 120 members of the North Carolina House of Commons from 82 counties and 50 senators representing one or more counties in North Carolina Senate elected ...