Tag Archives: 1863 elections

union ticket wins big

Posted on November 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

Early returns showed that the New York State Union ticket (Republicans and War Democrats) were winning big across the state after the November 3, 1863 election. (The clipping at the left is from November 5th, when the results were more … Continue reading →

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the great punkin

Posted on November 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

From Harper’s Weekly October 31, 1863 (at Son of the South): Exiled Copperhead Clement Vallandigham was the Democrat nominee for Ohio governor in 1863, even though he was living in exile in Canada. He lost the election by a sizable … Continue reading →

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“monstrous fraud and swindle”

Posted on October 30, 2013 by SUMPTER

The New-York Times saw the state election in November 1863 as a chance for voters to express their support for the Lincoln election and its vigorous prosecution of the war. A Democrat paper in upstate New York saw a vote … Continue reading →

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stop the misconstruction

Posted on October 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

Last fall New York State elected Democrat Horatio Seymour as governor. Here the Republican-leaning New York Times sees the approaching election for members of the state legislature and for state-wide offices like comptroller as an opportunity for New York to … Continue reading →

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