<P> The National Union Party was the temporary name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election which was held during the Civil War . For the most part , state Republican parties did not change their name . The temporary name was used to attract War Democrats and border state , Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party . The party nominated incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and for Vice President Democrat Andrew Johnson , who were elected in an electoral landslide . </P>
<P> The National Union Party was the temporary name used by the Republican Party for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election which was held during the Civil War . For the most part , state Republican parties did not change their name . The temporary name was used to attract War Democrats and border state , Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party . The party nominated incumbent President Abraham Lincoln and for Vice President Democrat Andrew Johnson , who were elected in an electoral landslide . </P>
in 1864 the republicans changed their name to
in 1864 the republicans changed their name to
The National Union Party
The National Union Party