War Democrats
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War Democrats were a faction of the U.S. Democratic Party during the American Civil War who supported the Union war effort and opposed the peace-at-any-cost stance of their party’s Peace Democrat counterparts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
faction of the Democratic Party
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political faction ⓘ |
| activeIn | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alignedWith | Unionist sentiment in border states ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Union Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
National Union Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| differedFrom | mainstream prewar Democratic Party on secession and war ⓘ |
| electoralSupport | Northern states ⓘ |
| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| hadStanceOn | civil liberties during wartime ⓘ |
| helped | provide Democratic backing for Union war legislation in Congress ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1860s ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | bridged partisan divide in support of the Union cause ⓘ |
| ideology | Unionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| included | both anti-slavery and pro-slavery Democrats ⓘ |
| influenced | realignment of Northern politics during the Civil War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaLabel | War Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Andrew Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benjamin Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel S. Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edwin M. Stanton NERFINISHED ⓘ John A. Logan NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen A. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
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Copperheads NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Party 1864 peace platform ⓘ Peace Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ immediate negotiated peace with the Confederacy ⓘ |
| opposedPosition | peace-at-any-cost policy ⓘ |
| partOf | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| position |
pro-Union
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pro-war ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | divided ⓘ |
| region |
Northern United States
NERFINISHED
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border states of the United States ⓘ |
| roleIn | bipartisan support for the Union war effort ⓘ |
| startTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| supported |
1864 National Union ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
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Abraham Lincoln administration war policies ⓘ Union war effort ⓘ continued military prosecution of the war ⓘ preservation of the Union ⓘ use of federal military power to suppress the Confederacy ⓘ |
| tendedToSupport | suspension of habeas corpus more than Peace Democrats ⓘ |
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