National Union Party

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The National Union Party was a temporary name used by the U.S. Republican Party during the 1864 presidential election to attract War Democrats and border-state Unionists in support of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Union ticket ⓘ
appliedTo Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
campaignSloganTheme Union and victory in the Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionYear 1864 ⓘ
electoralOutcome won 1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
followedBy Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
formedFrom Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
historicalEra American Civil War ⓘ
ideology Unionism ⓘ
linked to: Union
includedFaction War Democrats ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party

border-state Unionists ⓘ
keyIssue preservation of the Union ⓘ
prosecution of the Civil War to victory ⓘ
nominatedForPresident Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
nominatedForVicePresident Andrew Johnson ⓘ
opposedBy Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
politicalPosition pro-Civil War effort ⓘ
pro-Union ⓘ
precededBy Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
purpose to attract War Democrats ⓘ
to attract border-state Unionists ⓘ
status defunct political party ⓘ
supportedCandidate Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Andrew Johnson ⓘ
supportedPresident Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
timePeriod 1864–1865 ⓘ
usedAsNameDuring 1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
vicePresidentialNomineePartyAffiliation Democrat (Andrew Johnson) ⓘ

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Andrew Johnson → politicalParty → National Union Party ⓘ
National Union Party → alsoKnownAs → National Union ticket ⓘ
linked to: National Union Party
Joseph Roswell Hawley → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Union Party ⓘ
David Davis → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Union Party ⓘ
William Sprague IV → memberOfPoliticalParty → National Union Party ⓘ
Unionist Party (United States, Civil War era) → relatedTo → National Union Party (United States) ⓘ
subject linked to: Unionist Party
linked to: National Union Party
United States presidential election, 1868 → incumbentPresidentParty → National Union (aligned with Democrats by 1868) ⓘ
linked to: National Union Party
War Democrats → cooperatedWith → National Union Party ⓘ