Election of 1864

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The Presidential Election of 1864

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Democrats

General George McClellan was popular with the troops and promised to put an end to the war if he won.

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Republicans (Union)

The Lincoln/Johnson ticket ran with the slogan "Don't change horses in the middle of the stream," and over time a series of Union victories culminating in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia by forces led by General William Tecumseh Sherman restored his popularity.

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