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Why was the election of 1864 notable

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In the United States Presidential election of 1854, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president. Lincoln ran under the National Union banner against his former top Civil War general, the Democratic candidate, George B. McClellan.
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It happened despite being in the middle of a Civil War.

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