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For example, in the election of 1864, residents of rural Manheim Township cast 216 ballots for Democratic challenger Major General George B. McClellan.
HARRISBURGH, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1864. In the absence of returns from a number of counties in this State, giving the result of the election for Electors of President and Vice-President of the United ...
Can I vote for President and Vice-President at the coming election, having only resided two months in the State? I know a number of other cases similar to my own, parties who wish to vote if it is ...
In 1864, 160 years ago next week, Syracuse, and the nation, faced another "consequential" Presidential election.
Richmond National Battlefield Park will host an event commemorating the anniversary of the 5th United States Colored Troops voting in the 1864 presidential election at Fort Harrison.
An envelope used during the 1864 election to mail a sheet tallying the votes of Civil War soldiers from Ohio’s Highland County at a Union Army field hospital in Georgia Zayrha Rodriguez / NPR ...
An envelope used during the 1864 election to mail a sheet tallying the votes of Civil War soldiers from Ohio’s Highland County at a Union Army field hospital in Georgia ...
The 1864 election was at the height of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln sought reelection which prompted debate about voting by mail, seditious conspiracies, disinformation and vote tampering.
We're also being told that this election year is the most important in living memory. But a look back at the year 1864 reveals a nation more divided than it ever was before—or afterward.
Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what’s next. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign the repeal into law Thursday, but when the repeal legally goes ...
The Arizona Supreme Court heard arguments over the state's 1864 near-total abortion ban, with a ruling expected as the 2024 campaign kicks into gear.
In the 1864 election, history tells us, Lincoln’s victory was slimmer than many of us would prefer to acknowledge about our greatest president.