Union Party

Union Party:

The Union Party was formed when the Republican Party joined with the War Democrats. This is because in the election of 1864, they feared that with opposition from the Peace Democrats and the Copperheads Lincoln would not get renominated. So with the Union Party formed. they nominated Lincoln. The Union Party next placed ex-tailor Andrew Johnson as Lincoln's running mate to  "sew up" the election by attracting War Democrats and voters in the Border States. However, both candidates were condemned by Southerners and Copperheads so they nominated McClellan but he couldn't face old comrades-in-arms and repudiated this defeatist declaration. In the end, however, Lincoln won.