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Lincoln Campaign Flag, 1864

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Lincoln, Abraham Johnson, Andrew

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Campaign flag supporting Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.Lincoln had good reason to doubt his chances for reelection. No president since Andrew Jackson in 1832 had won a second term.The Democratic Party nominated Gen. George McClellan, whom Lincoln had removed from command. McClellan ran on an anti-Lincoln and anti-Emancipation Proclamation platform and left open the possibility of a negotiated peace with the South.As the election approached, Union triumphs on the battlefield helped propel Lincoln to victory. He declared the election results a mandate to press on for an unconditional victory and a constitutional amendment to end slavery.Gift of Ralph E. Becker, 1974Currently not on view
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Cotton (Overall Material)Red; White; Blue; Black (Overall Color)
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Government
  2. Johnson, Andrew
  3. Lincoln, Abraham
  4. Political Campaigns
  5. Politics
  6. Selections From The Abraham Lincoln Collection
  7. Social Reformers

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