Election+of+1864

=__The Election of 1864__=
 * The election of 1864 was important because of the fact that the person who was elected made a huge difference.
 * The man elected in 1864 was Abraham Lincoln.
 * He was running against many people, but the one other big one was George B. McClellan.
 * Lincoln was republican and McClellon was democrat.
 * Lincoln had the most votes overall with 212 electoral votes and George only had 21.
 * The percentage of the votes was Lincoln: 55%, and McClellon: 45% in popular votes.
 * When Lincoln was elected he made a huge difference because he ended the war and abolished slavery along with it.
 * Ulysses S. Grant was also in the running for president as a republican.
 * Lincoln was soon assassinated after ending the war and slavery.

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