Acceptance of Renomination There are two versions of what President Lincoln said in response to the delegation from the Union National Convention when they came to the White House on June 9, 1864. One was published in the New York Tribune… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864) James S. Wadsworth, Union General, was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of New York State in 1862. Though on active service with the army, the wealthy landowner was nominated as the candidate of Radical Republicans over the objections of… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

Francis P. Blair, Sr. (1791-1876) The Blair family had particularly strong links in the key border states. Francis Blair had grown up in Kentucky—where his children were born before he moved the family to Washington, D.C. and built a home in… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) John Todd Stuart was known as “Jerry Sly.” A favorite cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln and as a member of Congress after his election in 1862 over Republican Leonard Swett, he was a frequent visitor at the White House even though he was… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883) Governor of New York State (Republican, 1859-62), Edwin D. Morgan later served in Senate (1863-69), but his subsequent election bids were unsuccessful… Morgan supported President Lincoln’s war efforts and received a major general’s commission in the… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

George Ashmun (1804-1870) George Ashmun was a Congressman from Massachusetts (Whig, 1845-51) who served with Abraham Lincoln in Congress and took a similar anti-war stance against President James Polk. Ashmun was president of the… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

H. Judson Kilpatrick (1836 -1881) Kilpatrick biographer Samuel J. Martin wrote that Kilpatrick’s defects as a soldier appeared early in the Civil War: “he reacted rashly under pressure, striking out blindly against adversaries…without thinking of the possible consequences. He was not…” Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

Herman Haupt (1817-1905) Union official in charge of railroad construction, Herman Haupt served as the U.S. Railroad Superintendent from 1862 to 1863. His whole background was in railroading after his graduation from West Point—mostly in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He was chosen for… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) David Glasgow Farragut was the Union Admiral who served most of the war as commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. The Southern-born officer led the Union capture of New Orleans in April 1862 and the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, in which he… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

William Slade According to biographer John E. Washington, “Many times when Slade had the opportunity of spending his nights at home with his family, he would put his three children – Katherine (Nibbie), Andrew, and Jessie in his carriage… and take them to the White House where they would…” Abraham Lincoln’s White House >