Banner used during the Republican Campaign of 1864 for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson for President and Vice President respectively.
Curatorial Statement
Despite the tumult of war, Lincoln insisted on holding the presidential election in order to uphold the Constitution. However, Lincoln did not run as a Republican, but rather as a candidate of the National Union Party, which had been formed by his supporters in June 1864 to counter the Radical Democracy Party established by anti-Lincoln Radical Republicans. The Union Party also included War Democrats, among them Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, who ran for Lincoln’s vice president.
