What is National Union Party (United States)?
{{Infobox political party | colorcode = {{party color|National Union Party (United States)}} | name = National Union Party | logo = Republican presidential ticket 1864b.jpg | logo_size = 200px | caption = Campaign banner for the 1864 National Union ticket | leader1_title = Leaders | leader1_name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]<br>[[Andrew Johnson]] | foundation = {{start date and age|1861}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waugh |first1=John C. |title=Reelecting Lincoln |date=1997 |publisher=Crown Publishers |location=New York |page=21 |url=https://archive.org/details/reelectinglincol00waug/page/21/mode/2up}}</ref> | dissolution = {{end date and age|1868}} | merger = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]<br>[[War Democrat]]s<br>[[Unconditional Union Party]] | merged = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] | ideology = [[Union (American Civil War)|Unionism]]<br>[[Abolitionism in the United States|Abolitionism]] | position = <!-- Get consensus on talk before adding --> | colors = {{nowrap|{{color box|#CC0C2F|border=darkgray}} [[Red]] {{color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[White]] {{color box|#002C77|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]}}<br>{{small|([[Flag of the United States|United States national colors]])}} | country = United States }} The '''National Union Party''' was the name used by the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and others for the national ticket in the 1864 presidential election that was held during the [[Civil War]]. For the most part, state Republican parties did not change their name. The name was used to attract War Democrats and border states, Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party. The party nominated incumbent Republican President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and for Vice President Democrat [[Andrew Johnson]], who were elected in an electoral landsl