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This party system marked the first in a series of political realignments, a process in which a prominent third party coalition, often one that wins >10% of the popular vote in multiple states in a presidential election, realigns into one of the major parties, allowing that major party to dominate the federal government and/or presidency for the ...
The list below shows the location of the party convention, along with the winner of the election. Bold font indicates that party won the presidential election. If the party won the state where the convention was held the box is shaded. Other parties are only listed if they garnered electoral college votes. [5]
Despite the emergence of the Whigs as a durable political party, Democrats retained the presidency and a majority in both houses of Congress. In the presidential election, the Whigs ran multiple candidates designed to deny the Democratic candidate a majority of the electoral vote , and carried a scattering of states in the South, West, and ...
The Third Party System was a period in the history of political parties in the United States from the 1850s until the 1890s, which featured profound developments in issues of American nationalism, modernization, and race.
The Radical Democracy Party was an abolitionist and anti-Confederate political party in the United States.The party was formed to contest the 1864 presidential election and it was made up largely of disaffected Radical Republicans who felt that President Abraham Lincoln was too moderate on the issues of slavery and racial equality.
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The Second American Party System: Party Formation in the Jacksonian Era (University of North Carolina Press, 1966). McGerr, Michael E. The Decline of Popular Politics: The American North, 1865-1928 (1988) Maisel, L. Sandy, ed. (1991). Political Parties & Elections in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. Morgan, H. Wayne (1969).
Lost contested election June 17, 1864 John B. S. Todd (D) June 17, 1864 New York 1st: Henry G. Stebbins (D) Resigned October 24, 1864. Dwight Townsend (D) December 5, 1864 Nevada Territory At-large: Gordon N. Mott (R) Nevada achieved statehood October 31, 1864 District eliminated Nevada At-large: New state Nevada admitted to the Union October ...