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Antebellum

Antebellum United States presidential election

←  1824 November 1, 1828-1852 1856 →

Around 200 electoral votes of the Electoral College
Around 100 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout75% [1] Decrease 2.0 pp
 
Nominee Racist War Hero Shameless Opportunist
Party Democratic Whig
Home state Tennessee Virginia
Running mate Career Bureaucrat Virulent Nativist
Electoral vote More than Whig Less than Democrat
States carried 21 9
Popular vote More than Whig Less than Democrat
Percentage 51.5% 48.5%

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Racist War Hero/Career Bureaucrat, buff denotes those won by Shameless Opportunist/Virulent Nativist.

President before election

VP when the last racist war hero died
Whig

Elected President

Racist War Hero
Democratic

Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties United States presidential election

←  1916 November 4, 1920-28 1932 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout49.6% [2] Decrease 0.3 pp
 
Nominee Hates immigrants Hates Black people Dying activist
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Home state Ohio Ohio New York
Running mate Forgettable diplomat Famous last name Sewer socialist
Electoral vote Basically all of them Just the South 0
States carried 33 15 0
Popular vote Massive landslide Got fucking clobbered Close but no cigar
Percentage 54.6% 40.5% 4.9%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Hates immigrants/Forgettable diplomat, blue denotes those won by Hates Black people/Famous last name.

President before election

Hates immigrants
Republican

Elected President

Hates immigrants
Republican

1864

1864 United States House of Representatives elections

←  1862 & 1863 May 1–14, 1864 1866 →

All 679 seats in the United States House of Representatives
340 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Thaddeus Stevens Schuyler Colfax Benjamin Butler Nathaniel Lyon Robert Smalls
Party Radical Wide Awake Labor Cooperative
Leader's seat Pennsylvania 9th Indiana 9th Massachusetts 7th Connecticut 11th South Carolina 7th
Last election New New New
Seats won 313 254 112
Seat change Increase 313 Increase 254 Increase 112

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader P. B. S. Pinchback John Sherman Jacob Broom
Party Independent Labor Republican Know Nothing
Leader's seat Louisiana 10th Ohio 13th Pennsylvania 4th
Last election New 146 Steady
Seats won 45 31 3
Seat change Increase 45 Decrease 115 Increase 3

Speaker before election

John Sherman
Republican

Elected Speaker

Schuyler Colfax
Radical

1866

1866 United States House of Representatives elections

←  1864 May 7, 1866 1868 →

All 693 seats in the United States House of Representatives
347 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Thaddeus Stevens George H. Thomas William H. Carney Susie King
Party Radical Revolutionary Grantist Labor Cooperative
Leader's seat Pennsylvania 9th Tennessee 17th Virginia 8th
South Carolina 10th
Last election 313 New 112
Seats won 227 186 110
Seat change Decrease 86 Increase 186 Decrease 2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Henry L. Higginson John M. Schofield Henry George
Party Labor & Commercial Shermanist National
Leader's seat Massachusetts 22nd Missouri 2nd California 8th
Last election New New New
Seats won 89 59 22
Seat change Increase 89 Increase 59 Increase 22

Speaker before election

Schuyler Colfax
Radical

Elected Speaker

Robert B. Elliott
Radical Revolutionary

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
  2. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.