1. 1864 ELECTION!!!

2. 1864 ELECTION!!! People don’t like Lincoln ○ Resent the draft ○ Resent the draft ○ High taxes ○ High taxes ○ War weariness ○ War weariness ○ “Dictator Like” ○ “Dictator Like”

3. Liberty: "Mr. Lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons!!!" Lincoln: "Well the fact is -- by the way that reminds me of a story!!!" In this cartoon the President attempts to distract Liberty from demanding that her sons not be sent into battle. In 1863, faced with declining forces of volunteers, Congress enacted a draft for the first time, calling for 500,000 men to fight for the Union. The order, signed by the president, lies on the floor at Lincoln's feet.

4. “If I were two- faced, would I be wearing this one?”

5. Lincoln wins Republican Nomination VP - Hannibal Hamlin (Maine), anti-slave supporter, out 1864 ELECTION!!! 1860 campaign poster

6. Lincoln wins Republican Nomination VP - Hannibal Hamlin (Maine), anti-slave supporter, out 1864 ELECTION!!! Hannibal Hamlin during his Vice Presidency

7. Andrew Johnson -N-N-N-New VP (Tennessee; only Southern Senator who didn’t resign) -H-H-H-Hope to Help Heal Union 1864 ELECTION!

8. DEMOCRATS – - -Run George McClellan (38 yrs old) - Blamed losses on Lincoln; wants peace 1864 ELECTION!!!

9. 1864 ELECTION!!! Lincoln benefits from - - Soldier vote - Sherman win in Atlanta

10. Lincoln shaking hands with a Workman as children cavort in front of a school house. George McClellan shaking hands with Jefferson Davis while a slave stands on an auction block.

11. 1864 ELECTION!!! - Popular vote close

12. 1864 ELECTION!!! Electoral landslide (212 Lincoln ;21 McClellan) - Popular vote close McClellan won only Kentucky, Delaware, and New Jersey.