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"Don't swap horses in midstream" – 1944 campaign slogan of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The slogan was also used by Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 election. "We are going to win this war and the peace that follows" – 1944 campaign slogan in the midst of World War II by Democratic president Franklin D. Roosevelt "Dewey or don't we" – Thomas E. Dewey
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin [2] won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states had already abolished slavery, and a national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes.
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 Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with 55% of the popular vote.
Here are 115 of the best Abraham Lincoln quotes, perfect for Presidents' Day. Related: 50 U.S. Presidential Trivia Questions & Answers. Unsplash. 115 Abraham Lincoln Quotes. 1. "Character is like ...
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too", popular slogan for Whig Party candidates William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the 1840 U.S. presidential election. "Show me the spot", Abraham Lincoln challenging the alleged incident of invasion by Mexico and loss of life, called the Thornton Affair, that precipitated the Mexican–American War. [2]
Abraham Lincoln, Former U.S. President 9. "We are not helpless. The fire is still burning. Please go out and vote this November. Too many people have died and sacrificed so much for us to have our ...
Lincoln and Johnson campaign poster. The party name was created in May 1864, during the Civil War, ahead of the 1864 presidential election, in which President Abraham Lincoln, then a Republican, was running for reelection.
Abraham Lincoln experienced his share of adversity in his early life as a poor farmer's son and on the job as America's 16th president. In honor of his birthday, AOL Jobs collected some of his ...