"Marriage of the Free Soil and Liberty Parties" Anti-Free-Soil Party Cartoon mocking former president Van Buren for joining with the abolitionist Liberty Party, 1848
"Do you want this BLACK man to be mayor of Guayama: Don’t let Guayama be painted Black." Attack ad against Afro-Puerto Rican candidate Narmito Ortiz Lugo and supporting O’brain Vázquez Molina, who is also Afro-Puerto Rican. 2022
According to historian Robert Orr, at the beginning of the Civil War, Andrew Johnson wanted East Tennessee to split off as a separate state to remain in the Union. Given that a similar effort succeeded in West Virginia, why did the same not happen in the case of East Tennessee?
According to Michael Les Benedict, in the leadup to the 1864 election, Lincoln, worried about possibly losing New York, considered choosing Daniel S. Dickinson or General Dix as his Vice President. Assuming the assassination still occurs, how would either of their presidencies play out?