PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864  ~~  ELECTORAL UNION ‘TICKET’

[PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1864].  The 1864 United States presidential election was the 20th presidential election.  [Tuesday, November 8, 1864]. Near the end of the American Civil War,  President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, obtaining 55% of the popular vote.  This ‘ticket’ represents those electors for Lincoln and Johnson, evidently from the state of Ohio.  One page, narrow tall octavo [approximately 3 x 6 ½ inches].  The recto states:  “Union Presidential Ticket” with a list of names under “FOR PRESIDENT / ABRAHAM LINCOLN / of Illinois, / for VICE PRESIDENT /  ANDREW JOHNSON of Tennessee”.   The verso, printed in blue, has American flags.  Old glue stains in margin, as seen, else near fine condition.    A scarce piece of presidential electoral Americana.

 

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