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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xxx. Political Mutations and results.—the Presidential canvass of 1864.< (search)
n: the vote being far less than that drawn out by the vehement contest of 1863, and the majority reduced in proportion Union.Dem.  1863--Cony,68,299Bradbury,50,583 1864--Cony,62,389Howard,46,476 Both parties then held their breath for the returns from the October elections: Pennsylvania and Indiana having for an age been held to indicate, by the results of those elections, the issue of the pending Presidential canvass. Indiana now showed a change of 30,000 since 1862; 1862--Peele,118,517Athon,128,160 1864--Morton,152,084McDonald,131,201 electing Governor Morton and carrying the Republican tickets throughout by over 20,000 majority, with 8 Republican to 3 Democratic Representatives in Congress — a gain of 4 seats to the victors. The vote was heavy beyond precedent — swelled, the losers said, unfairly. Pennsylvania elected no State officer this year by a general vote; but her representatives in Congress — before 12 to 12--were now 15 to 9, with a Legislature strong