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After President Lincoln's assassination, it was along time before a Democrat became a US President. Grover Cleveland was the first Democrat since US President James Buchanan was President. Grover Cleveland won the election of 1884. Cleveland served as 22nd & later the 24th US President. He lost his bid for reelection in 1888. Cleveland ran again in 1892 and was elected US President again.
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What political party did Andrew Jackson belong to?
He was a Republican when he was elected vice- president but most of his life he was a Democrat. His old party split when the Civil War began and Lincoln picked him as a running mate. After he was President he went back to the Democrats.
Was John Quincy Adams president during the civil war?
No, Abraham Lincoln was the President during the Civil War.
What president led the us trough the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the US during the Civil War.
What president was also a general in the union army during the civil war?
Grant was a Civil War General and president.
Who was president during the civic war?
Abraham Lincoln (our 16th President) was President during the Civil War
What man was the first Democrat President of the US after the Civil War?
grover cleveland
Which of these men was the first Democrat elected President of the US after the Civil War?
Do you mean who was the first Democrat to be elected President after the Civil War? The Republican party dominated for many years following the Civil War. After Lincoln was assassinated, he was succeeded by Johnson, a member of the War Union Party, who was followed by Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, who were all Republicans. Then, in 1884, Grover Cleveland was elected. He was a Democrat, and he took office in 1885.
A northerner who opposed the civil war was called what?
A Copperhead, A Peace Democrat or Butternuts.
Who was the first democrat after the civil war?
Andrew Johnson succeeded Lincoln and was a Democrat, but he wasn't elected. It wasn't until Grover Cleveland was elected in 1884 that a Democrat was elected President. I think that back then the winner of the election was named President and the loser of the election became Vice President. That is the reason the Democrat Johnson succeeded the Republican Lincoln.A+: Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland
What political party did Andrew Jackson belong to?
He was a Republican when he was elected vice- president but most of his life he was a Democrat. His old party split when the Civil War began and Lincoln picked him as a running mate. After he was President he went back to the Democrats.
How was the president of the time of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the Civil War.
President in American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was President during the Civil War.
What war was president Lincoln a president?
The Civil War
Was john paul Stevens the first democrat elected president after the civil war?
no Andrew Johnson was. no one named john paul stevens ever prezzy.
Who was the confedrate president in the Civil War?
The Confederate President during the Civil War was Jefferson Davis.
Who was president for the southern government in the civil war?
There was no president of Southern Sudan during the civil war.
Who is the president during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the civil war.
