google lists Abe Lincoln as a member of the "National Union Party"

[basquebromance]

he saved the union, but he's a Republican

 

[Otis Mayfield]

he saved the union, but he's a Republican

The National Union Party was the temporary name used by the Republican Party and elements of other parties for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election that was held during the Civil War.

National Union Party (United States) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[basquebromance]

so?

he's a fucking Republican

 

[Otis Mayfield]

so?

he's a fucking Republican

On the paperwork, it doesn't say "Republican". It says "National Unionist."

 

[basquebromance]

semantics

apples and oranges

he's a Republican. deal with it

 

[Otis Mayfield]

semantics

apples and oranges

he's a Republican. deal with it

Your fight is with ol' Abe.

I don't care one way or another.

 

[Pellinore]

Different name, same party. He was a Republican.

 

[Mac-7]

he saved the union, but he's a Republican

Considering the low level of history teaching in America the Google snowflakes may just be ignorant rather than dishonest

 

[Otis Mayfield]

My guess is that the Republicans changed their name from "Republican" to "National Unionists" because they wanted voters to know that their party supported the union.

It is accurate to say that Lincoln was a National Unionist.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

he saved the union, but he's a Republican

Google is NOT your friend. They support leftist disinformation

 

[Mushroom]

My guess is that the Republicans changed their name from "Republican" to "National Unionists" because they wanted voters to know that their party supported the union.

Actually, it was a coalition party, a name adopted by the Republican Party in order to gain members who had been Democrats, as well as support in border states.

Even the Northern States were divided in this time, with a lot favoring Democrat George McClellan who was promising to end the war. So in response the Republicans for that election morphed into a coalition party, dumping Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President and bringing in Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate. This split the Democratic Party, bringing in the War Democrats as well as the Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party onto their side.

But it was still a fairly close election, with McClellan still getting just under 45% of the vote.

And in most biographies, they will list the last party that a politician ran under as "their party". Such as John Dix, who was a Democrat from 1833-1872. Then changed, and was a Republican from 1872-1879. He was a Democrat for 39 years, but in his short biographies he is only listed as a "Republican" for the last 7 years before he died.

 

[mikegriffith1]

he saved the union, but he's a Republican

Your mom let you use her laptop again, hey? In 1864, Lincoln replaced his VP with Democrat Andrew Johnson, and they ran under the banner of the National Union Party, which everybody understood was being used as a nickname for the Republican Party.