Trivia 8-31-17 Two Parties

[Trivia Master]

Name the two political parties on the 1864 Presidential Election ballot.

credit: @chellers

 

[Jimklag]

Name the two political parties on the 1864 Presidential Election ballot.

credit: @chellers

National Union Party - Lincoln; Democratic Party - McClellan

 

[MRB1863]

National Union and Democratic

 

[kholland]

Republican incumbent Abraham Lincoln vs Democrat George McClellan

Edit - The question asked for the names of the parties on the ballot, not the names of the candidates.

For the purposes of the 1864 Presidential election only, the Republican Party changed its name and was referred to on the ballot as the National Union party.

While it is not uncommon nowadays to hear references to the Democrat Party, in 1864 it appeared on the ballot as the Democratic Party (and its official name is still the Democratic Party). My research indicates that it didn't begin to be referred to as the Democrat Party until some time in the 1940's.

hoosier

 

[Wallyfish]

National Union Party (Lincoln) and the Democratic Party (McClellan).

The regular Republican Party met in Baltimore and used the name National Unity Party in the hope of attracting War Democrats. If I knew this, I forgot it. Very interesting!

https://www.lincolncollection.org/collection/curated-groupings/category/election-of-1864/

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

The Democratic Party and the Union Party.

Edit - Close, but no cigar. You left a word out of the name of the National Union Party.

hoosier

 

[truthckr]

National Union Party (Republican) and the Democratic Party

 

[Mike Serpa]

National Union & Democrat

 

[Stony]

National Union and Democratic
source-wiki

 

[captaindrew]

National Union Party (Lincoln) Democratic Party (McClellan) The Republican Party went under the name of National Union Party to attract war Democrats

 

[Schwallanscher]

national union (abraham lincoln) and democratic party (george b mcclellan)

this was so obviously a trap that i had to look it up - never heard of 'national union', thx

 

[adisciu9]

National Union and democratic

 

[Copperhead-mi]

National Union and Democratic

 

[Jackson'sArm]

Incumbent President Lincoln ran for the National Union Party and George McClellan ran for the Democratic Party.
The National Union Party was a temporary name used to attract War Democrats and Border State Unionists who would not vote for the Republican Party. It faced off against the regular Democratic Party, including Peace Democrats.

 

[William G Hendry]

The National Union Party Platform Abraham Lincoln

The Democratic Party ran on a "Peace Platform." George B. McClellan

 

[MC44]

National Union (Lincoln)
Democratic (McClellan)

 

[JOHN42768]

Lincoln on National Union Party won over McClellan on the Democratic Party

 

[hughes]

National Union and Democratic

 

[nextcity]

National Union (Lincoln) and the Democratic (McClellan).

 

[Brenal]

Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson, National Union Party

George B McClellan & George H Pendleton, Democratic Party