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Lesson Snapshot:
- The 1864 United States presidential election, the 20th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864
- In the midst of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan
- For the election, the Republican Party and some Democrats created the National Union Party, especially to attract War Democrats
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