The United States held an election during the American Civil War.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple primary sources (Library of Congress guide, National Park Service, Senate history) confirm the United States held a presidential election on November 8, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War. The claim's wording is a faithful paraphrase of the post's statement, which is graded normally.
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… It's gonna get to the point where, you know, Ukraine is gonna refuse to fight. Um, this, this, uh, Zelensky is never going to put himself in front of elections. They'd be rigged anyway, but, you know, I don't think he's, he's dumb enough to do that. Um, my God, the Americans had an election right in the middle of the Civil War. The Syrians did it during their war. It's not, you know, the problem is he has no, he has no support in the nationalist population, let alone anyone else. …
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Supports. The Library of Congress presidential election guide states Abraham Lincoln was re-elected in 1864 'in the midst of the Civil War.'[1]
Supports. The U.S. Senate's history chronology lists that presidential and congressional elections were held across the United States in November 1864.[2]
Supports. The National Park Service describes the 1864 election as occurring during the Civil War, with states of the Confederacy not participating.[3][4]
Context. Encyclopedic sources note the election was held November 8, 1864, while the war was still raging, and that Confederate states did not cast votes.[5][6]
Sources
6 sources: 4 primary, 2 not rated
- 1Presidential Election of 1864: A Resource Guide: Introductionguides.loc.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2The Civil War: The Senate's Storysenate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Election of 1864 - Presidential Inauguration (U.S. ...nps.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4The Elections of 1860 and 1864 (U.S. National Park Service) - NPShome.nps.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5United States presidential election of 1864britannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 61864 United States presidential election - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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