The Election of 1864, Part II – Was the Election Stolen?

Abraham Lincoln won reelection to the presidency in 1864, the first president in more than three decades to successfully do so. In a follow up to our highly entertaining recent program, LGDC Past President David J. Kent will dig deeper into eight states with especially interesting back stories. Were they legitimate votes? Was the election “stolen”?

Join us on Tuesday, October 29 at 6 pm eastern time for Part II of our discussion to find out!

The Lincoln Group of DC had a record turnout for our October 15 program exploring two key aspects of the election of 1864 – the political upheaval leading deciding the party nominees and the critical soldier vote (watch the video here). But the states voting results of the election itself will be discussed on October 29. After considerable concern that Lincoln could not win reelection, he took a second term in a landslide. But…