National Union Republican was an offshoot of the Republican Party during the Reconstruction era. They party's 1868 platform opposed Andrew Johnson, supported civil rights and voting rights for African Americans in southern states and left it up to northern states to decide suffrage issues, supported the restoration of voting rights for Confederate veterans, and supported a liberal and just immigration policy.[1] 1872[2]
History
editActivities prior to Civil War?[3]
Appeal to Democrats who opposedl secession and disunion? Moderate Republicans as opposed to radicals?
See also
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- ^ "Republican Party Platform of 1868 | the American Presidency Project".
- ^ Presidential election, 1872.: Proceedings of the National union Republican convention held at Philadelphia, June 5 and 6, 1872 .../ Reported by Francis H. Smith, Official reporter. June 21, 1872.
- ^ "Political.; NATIONAL UNION REPUBLICAN MEETING". The New York Times. May 16, 1860.
- ^ "National Union Republican nomination. For president Gen. U.S. Grant. For vice president, Schuyler Colfax". Library of Congress.
- ^ "National Union Republican candidates / Lith. Of Kellogg & Bulkeley, Hartford, Conn". Library of Congress.