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National Union Party
The National Union Party was a political party in the United States from 1864 to 1868. It was an alliance between members of the Republican Party who backed incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and Northern Democrats (plus a few anti-Confederate Southerners such as Andrew Johnson) during and after...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil...
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th President of the United States (1865–1869). Following the assassination of President Lincoln, Johnson presided over the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War.
At the time of the...
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in...
Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson (November, 1803 – May 10, 1870) was a United States Senator from Missouri.
Born near Staunton, Virginia, he moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1820 and taught school. In 1825 he was probate judge of Howard County and was clerk of the...
Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson
Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (March 19, 1812 – August 24, 1873) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. He was born in Kingston, Tennessee in Roane County. He completed preparatory studies...
B. Gratz Brown
Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885) was a Senator, Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in...
Kellian Whaley
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley (May 6, 1821 – May 20, 1876) was a nineteenth century congressman from Virginia and West Virginia and major of the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
Whaley was born in Utica, New York on May 6,...
Lewis McKenzie
Lewis McKenzie (October 7, 1810 – June 28, 1895) was a nineteenth century politician, merchant and railroad president from Virginia.
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, McKenzie pursued an academic course as a young adult and prominently engaged in...
Frederick Low
Frederick Ferdinand Low (January 30, 1828 – July 21, 1894) was an American politician, US congressman and governor of California.
Born in Frankfort (now Winterport, Maine) in 1828, Low attended the Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. Low moved to...
Peter G. Van Winkle
Peter Godwin Van Winkle (September 7, 1808 – April 15, 1872) was a United States Senator from West Virginia.
Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg,...
