The Republican Party even turned its back on Abraham Lincoln. He ran in 1864 on the National Union Party ticket because a large faction of the GOP wouldn’t support him in his re-election bid.
‘He ran in 1864 on the National Union Party ticket because a large faction of the GOP wouldn’t support him in his re-election bid.’
his name was mud in 1864, which goes to show what an arrogant, pompous ass McClellan was that he got 12 whole EV’s on election night...